jeannine bentley:  

CLASS OF 1963
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Sequoia High SchoolClass of 1963
Redwood city, CA

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hello, people of my past.-- when I knew you in high school I hung around with Yvonne browning(mickey) and then Dorothy Russell (no longer with us since last mo.) I was pretty much low key back then, but not so when I entered Canada college. I was 37 then--3 children-2 divorces. my only classification was "wifus domesticus". no money in that, so off I went to college to get my classification changed. well, not only did I do that ( to an x-rayus techus) but the wallflower discovered she was so much more. during my three and one half years at Canada I was a valedictorian, student senator ,,on tv and radio for the womens' re-entry program,and probably more stuff that I can't remember. ha-ha. during that time I earned an AA & AS and the title of RT( radiologic technologist) I got my first job at the veterans memorial hospital in palo alto. I was an employed professional. I proved it to the world and proved to my self that I am smart and much more. that's why my e-mail is"iamonexxxxx" helen keller said something like--I am one and I will do what one can do. anyway, I was really" wheelin my freaties" that Christmas when I went into a jewelry store to buy a 200 dollar Christmas gift and told them that they'd be a fool not to give me a credit card. yes, I really said that--oh, brother! I got the card. five years later I ran from the love of my life because it was the"right' thing to do. (what a DUMB A.) well. the good that came to that move to Humboldt co. was that I was able to buy a little house in the forest. the matriarchal pull brought the whole family up here including some friends and even the EX of 33 years. working in x-ray is hard even for the young and innocent.- ha. I was going to retire on my 70 th birthday but had to cut it a little short because while iam xraying someone having their heart attack, my heart decides to have one of its own---WITHOUT E...Expand for more
VEN TELLING ME!. don't know when I had it--no symptoms. but I kept telling my boss"this job is killing me" every time he'd add on more "call" (middle of the night runs.) I wasn't far from wrong. I was becoming more tired and breathless. the doctor gives me all the appropriate tests and puts 3 stints in my cardiac vessels. end of that story, but not me. I can breath easy now that I am retired and getting a good nights' sleep. I miss the patients, ,my co-workers and working as a team with the traumas that come in. it is a noble job of worth and compassion. I am glad that I chose this career. in this case I did the right thing. these days I have lots of time to do anything I want. I always said that when I retired I would have that beautiful turquoise hair.-- ha--. now that it is so common the idea doesn't appeal to me. so I put the fantasies into my garden and Victorian dresses I made for the ''BEAUS AND BELLES' little group that I sing with. I am a master gardener but it doesn't feel like it. so many things and plants I don't know. I swim 3x a week and go to the doggie park with john(the EX) and ASTRO, the best little doggie in the world. then there's PIA(pain in the a.) kitty-sweetest little kitty in the world, and 3 hens a laying. in my yard grows apples,pears berries of all kinds,cherries,lemons,asperagus,herbs,veggies and soooo many flowers ,it's a kalidescope of color and smells. there is a tree for each grandchild--a costal giant sequoia.an Italian stone pine, a ginko biloba,and for the girl, a pink flowering magnolia. sadly, my memorial rose garden is getting crowded as I get older. i planted a pink climbing rose for Dorothy. every day I pass this garden and am reminded of my family and friends that live through their rose and in my heart. this is a part of my story as I can remember it now. Jeannine Carol Marie Rung-Fordyce-Bentley
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