Kay Atterbery:  

Life I USED TO BE KATHY CHAMBERS THEN KATHY SMITH (MY STEPFATHER) THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL I STARTED GOING BY KAY CHAMBERS., I WAS 20 WHEN I MARRIED PHILIP ATTERBERY ON 4 OCT 1975. FOR THE NEXT 19 YEARS I WAS AN AIR FORCE WIFE. WE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE IN 1994, AFTER 24 YRS. WE LIVED IN BEL AIRE KANSAS WHERE WE BOUGHT A MONSTER FIXER UPPER AND STARTED ADOPTING OUR EXTRA LARGE FAMILY. WE LIVED THERE, JUST OUTSIDE OF WICHITA FROM 1993 UNTIL 2014, WHEN WE GOT RID OF EVERYTHING AND MOVED INO A 38 FOOT LONG MOTOR HOME. FOR 8 YEARS WE HAD MANY ADVENTURES. BUT BOTH OF US WERE LOSING RACE WITH OLD AGE. FROM COLLEGE TILL NOW I HAVE BEEN A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, A GREAT GRANDMOTHERAND A DAMN GOOD HOMEMAKER. AND I LIKED MY JOB VERY MUCH, (MOST OF THE TIME). I'M PRETTY MUCH A HOME BODY, AND SINCE MY SPINE BEGAN TO DETERIORATE 25 YEARS AGO I HAVE STEADILY FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO FUNCTION, SO WE PUT THE MOTORHOME IN STORAGE UNTIL WE CAN SELL IT AND WE HAVE MOVED INTO A 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT IN NORTH WICHITA, KANSAS. .IBOTH RIVERDALE AND ROOSEVELT VERY FONDLY. I MADE SOME LIFELONG FRIENDS THERE AND SOME MEMORIES I WILL CHARISH ALL MY LIFE. School I SPENT MY SCHOOL YEARS MOVING AROUND THE SAN JUAQUIN VALLEY. FIRST OROSI THEN DINUBA AND BACK TO OROSI. THEN ON TO RIVERDALE AND FROM THERE TO BURREL. I STILL LIVED IN BURREL WHEN I STARTED...Expand for more