Leslee Markham:  

Life I completed two degrees, raised three sons, remarried and live in CA. I've worked in the government field since 1984 and am currently a Business Operations Manager in the field of Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials in a National Laboratory. My hobbies are gardening, painting and reading, with cruising, road-trips, hiking, and horseback riding as activities. My husband (who is my greatest friend and favorite "let's go anywhere" traveling companion - with the exception of Vegas... then Diane is my favorite traveler!), our puppies, and I traveled quite a bit once the boys were grown and had their own families - we currently have 4 grandsons (ranging from 25 to 3-years old) and 2 grand-daughters (21 and 17) and, as of August 2024, a wonderful great-grand-daughter Chloe! Luckily we have good genes - no one thinks they are our "grand" children, which we must admit is kind of fun. We moved in 2023 out of the city environment and now enjoy living up in our mountain home near Yosemite. I've been lucky to have kept my friendship with my most favorite person Diane, whom I met in Kenai, for all these years (she and her husband are now retired and enjoying life). My husband, Darrell, was diagnosed with cancer soon after we moved. After 2 years he is now cancer-free and returning to work. I've been lucky in continuing my position, working remotely, and we've decided that this will be our home for the duration. We now have Darrell's mom living with us in her own apartment which we built onto our home. She loves the mountains and wildlife that wanders through. School I went to 4 different high schools in 4 different states, so it was difficult to retain friendships. Kenai was the school I graduated from. I also attended Milo Academy in Oregon, Del Norte High School in California, a...Expand for more