Linda Patton:  

I got married about 2 years out of high school. We had a total of 3 kids. Sharon, Laura, and Leonard Scott. We lost Sharon in a drowning accident when she was 6 - Laura was 2 at the time. Scott was born two years after that, and we moved to Minnesota looking for jobs. We ended up going back to school, Paul got a degree in CAD drafting, I got a double diploma in Comp Sci and Accounting. (no degrees at that community college) We moved to South Dakota and were there a year, when Paul suddenly passed away. Two years later I got in touch with an old friend of ours (John, the kids godfather) and moved back to Texas with the kids and (at that time) a dog, 2 cats and a hamster in tow. Now we have just the dog - Kadie, a female black lab mix, and one cat (we had to put the other one to sleep) Salem - a male black Siamese mix. We settled in Allen, which is on the NE side of Dallas straight up 75, between Plano and McKinney. Mom passed away almost 4 years ago. I inherited have the house in Mineral Wells, and am STILL trying to get it all cleaned up and renovated so I can either rent it or sell it. Anyone interested? Laura is now almost 20 and going to school at Texas Tech, where she is majoring in Music Education. She hopes to teach in either Houston or Austin after graduation. She is not sure if she wants to teach elementary or middle school band students, but she said "I do not want to teach high school students, they already have a attitude when they get there." This from a young lady who refuses to eat fried chicken with her fingers - because it will mess up her nails. LOL Leonard is 15 and in the 8th grade. He was diagnosed with ADD / ADHD when he was 6 and has been on medication most of the last 9 years. It's been an interesting ride with him, as he is still very hyper even with it, and there is no controlling him when he hasn't had it for a few days. Lucky for me, he wants to be a comic, so it generally is just a constant cha...Expand for more