Raena Smith:  

CLASS OF 1989
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Augusta, GA
Baumholder,
Butler High SchoolClass of 1986
Augusta, GA
Hephzibah, GA
Augusta, GA

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WHO AM I? WHO AM I! WHO AM I. I'M A MOTHER OF 2 GROWN CHILDREN, ANGELIKA 25, DANIEL 23, AND I HAVE BEAUTIFUL KIDS! SMART TOO! I have many jobs: I write children's books. I also sell and make my own jewelry I do a lot of medical research. I also do genealogy. I'M A CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER. I HAVE WRITTEN AND COPYWRITED 5 BOOKS. a friend and I are doing the artwork for them now. NAME OF BOOKS: 1. LANEY BANEY BRUSHES HAIR--WRITTEN AFTER MY NEICE LANEY AND NEPHEW, AARON. 2.BULLY BOBBY BRIGGENS- AFTER MY UNCLE 3.CHILDREN CAN CREATE. A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S ART WORK AND STAGES. 4.ME-ME CAT AND TUNA CASSEROLE--AFTER MY CAT. 5.THE APPLE-BANANA TREE. ALSO WRITTEN BY MY DAUGHTER AT AGE ? 10. SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL WRITER! THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE WORKS. ------------------------------------------- I HAVE ALSO SPENT 3 YEARS IN COLLEGE. AIKEN TEC. AND AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY TAKING ECD, HUS, PSY, (THAT'S PSYCHOLOGY) YEP --ME. THEN ,I REALIZED I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PSYCHOLOGIST-- I NEEDED ONE! I HAVE SPENT 10 PLUS YEARS RESEARCHING AND STUDYING RARE DISEASES LIKE SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY, EDHLERS DANLOS SYNDOME, LUPUS, LIMB GIRDLE, CHARGE SYNDROME,FIBROSIS,ADHD, ECT., AND EVEN BECAME A PRO-PARENT ADVOCATE FOR SOME TIME. I FAUGHT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, HELPED PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILD'S DX. STRESSORS, ECT.. WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR, BUT HEY, DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE. I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SURGERIES--BACK ECT... DUE TO DEGENEATIVE SPINAL ARTHITIS-fibromyalgia and asthma-MD, AND IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.SO PEOPLE, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SKATE, RUN, SOMETIMES NOT EVEN WALK, NOOOO TENNIS, DANCING, ECT.. LIKE I USED TO DO. ALL I KEPT WAS MY GOOD LOOKS. HAHAHAHA. LOST A LOT OF STRENGHT, BUT GAINED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE! WORKING AT GAINING STRENGHT BACK, AND PLAN TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY FOR A CAREER AS A DR'S ASSISTANT. ANYHOW, IGHT NOW I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS--I MAKE PEOPLE PRETTY-- FIX THEM UP. YEP WOULDN'T YOU KNOW. JUST LIKE I USE TO DO, BUT I ALSO MARKET SEVERAL PRODUCTS, AND OWNED MY OWN CLOTHING BUSINESS. STYLE WAS ALWAYS MY THING. ------------------------------------------- I THINK THE CRAZIEST THING I EVER DID WAS SLEEP OUTSIDE ON AN APT. UPSTAIRS PORCH,WITH MY BEST FRIEND AND HER BOYFRIEND(BECAUSE MINE COULDN'T COME OUT-HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS EYEBALLING HIM LIKE A HAWK!)AND HALF THE NIGHT WE STAYED IN THE LAUNDRY MAT. IT WAS A COLD.... NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY WE HEADED OUT EARLY, WENT TO SIX FLAGS BEFORE MY BOYFRIENDS BROTHER OR FATHER COULD STOP HIM. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME, BUT WE WERE ALL TIRED, EXCEPT MY BOYFRIEND WHO DID GET TO SLEEP IN A BED... OR MAYBE IT WAS THE TIME .....STAY TUNED. I REMENBER WHEN TANJI, I AND FRANK(WHO IS NOW A DOCTOR)YEP. WE WENT TO THIS CONVIENT STORE TO THROW EGGS AT THIS VEHICAL AT THE SIDE OF THE STORE ,BECAUSE TANJI WAS MAD AT HER X-BOYFRIEND, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HIS VEHICAL. SHE SENT FRANK TO DO THE DIRTY JOB. SO YOU SEE, I WAS "JUST" THERE". BUT I WAS LAUGHING MY HEAD OFF- AT FRANK WHO CAME RUNNING BACK SCREAMING.. GO GO GO GO GO. HE WAS AFRAID OF BEING CAUGHT. HAHAHAHA OR MAYBE IT WAS... STAY TUNED... The wildest thing I ever did in school? wow. Can't think of one. Oh , I know. Actually it was coming back from school on the bus and a girl got off at my stop, throw her books in my face and started to fight me, we'll some of u know the rest of the story. I beat her ass!I was so pumped with adrenaline that I didn't remember all what I did to her, my friends had to tell me how it all went down. I remember having the upper hand, but I didn't remember what I kept saying to her." I ramed her head into the sidewalk to get he off me , and because she caused problems with me and my friends, every time I banged her head against the concreat I said, " this one is for -----------name)), this one is for , ----------name. I was giving her a bang for every f...Expand for more
riend she gave problems to! I was only mean if I had to be. ((sometimes)) well, we all grow up, don't we? oh.. here is a crazy one: I got drunk with some friends, i had no where to slep. i sleep half the night under my best fiends bed and the rest of the night under her boyfriends(kevin crumbley)'s bunkbed, with Doi- forgot last name. No , I didn't do anything nasty! I slept.! But, to get to his room I had to climb drunk over a fence,climb into the window, and landed several times on my head. Sloppy huh? Well, I don't drink anymore!! I got all that out of my system after my trip and 2 years in Baumholder ,Germany where the dinking age at the time was 14! No kidding! ------------------------------------------- I BLOW OFF STEAM BY PACING THE FLOOR, RANT, CLEAN HOUSE, CALL UP A GIRLFRIEND. I RELAX BY WATCHING A MOVIE WHILE IN BED OR READ. WOW. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM MY KIDS. 1.THEY DON'T ALWAYS NEED YOU. 2.WHEN THEY GROW UP, YOU CAN'T SEND THEM TO THEIR ROOMS. 3.THEY ARE A BLESSING WITH BLESSINGS.(CHILDREN). THEY GROW UP AND HAVE YOUR SECOND SET OF KIDS FOR YOU, BUT THE GOOD THING IS YOU CAN SEND THEM ALL HOME. HAHAHHAH My current age is 40. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be HALF DEAD. I was so completely WRONG!( OR RIGHT?). MY OLDEST FRIENDS WHO I STILL TALK TO WOULD BE "LORRIE BERRY" AND "MICHELLE BERRY".WHERE DID WE MEET? WE MEET THROUGH THEIR BROTHER ,LUIS BERRY AND ONE OF HIS FRIENDS(SPANISH DUDE, SCOTT ANTENCIO.)OH, DANA SMITH, SISTER,I BELIEVED KNEW LUIS FIRST. A CHILDHOOD MEMORY WAS WHEN DANA AND I GOT INTO THE KITCHEN CABINETS AND PULLED OUT FLOUR, MUSTARD, ECT HAD IT EVERYHERE IN KITCHEN (WE WERE 4- AND 6 YEARS OF AGE AND WE TOOK OFF ALL OUT CLOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE WET AND MESSED UP, AND WE BURNED SOME TUPPERWARE CUPS ON THE STOVE AND I SAID,"IT'S O.K. DANA, YOU DIDN'T BURN DOWN THE HOUSE"! WELL , MY MOTHER WAS SLEEPING AND WOKE UP HEARING THIS ,AND SHE RAN (FLEW) DOWN STAIRS , AND WE WERE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. THE NEIGHBOR TOLD MY MOTHER WE WERE NAKED OUTSIDE ,AND I HAD GOTTEN INTO SOME FINGERNAIL POLISH AND PAINTED MY LEGS WITH IT ,BECAUSE I WANTED TO "SPARKLE". HAHAHAH. HURT LIKE HELL WHEN MY MOTHER SCRUBBED IT OFF ME! NO FINGERNAIL POLISH REMOVAL! WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?? LIVE AND LET LEARN. Dec.9th 2010, I am now 42 and dating SCOTT PERRY from MICHIGAN. living in Augusta GA> Thinking about moving to Florida.??? Somewhere warm, anyhow. I am still the top recruiter in AVON in my district. And I am doing my own art for my books. Me-ME cat will be the first on the market. May do a series. ??? I spend most of my time drawing, writing, recruiting, kareoke-oh yeah, I now sing country and jazz. Mostly sugarland, dixie chicks, and oldies-patsy cline ect... Still bellieve you should live each day as nif it was your last, bec. u never know when ur last will be! UP DATE: ENGAGED TO SCOTT PERRY, BUT HAVEN'T SET WEDDING DATE YET. HEALLY NICE FAMILY, HE HAS A REALLY NICE FAMILY, SO THAT IS GREAT! NO CRAZY IN-LAWS!!!!!LOL. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 2 YEARS NOW, AND MY SON, WELL, IF WE COULD JUST GET HIM OUT AROUND PEOPLE ,HE MIGHT ACTUALLY MEET SOMEONE. BEEN REAL BUSY LATELY BUILDING UP MY BUSINESS. AND MY X-BOYFRIEND OF 14 YEARS PASSED AWAY 5 DAYS BEFORE MY B-DAY WITH A HEART ATTACK. I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HE WOULDN'T. THAT IS WHY MEN DIE SO EARLY. THEY NEVER LISTEN TO A WOMAN!!. SEPT. 2011 HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY. WORKING ON INCREASING STRENGTH FROM FIBROMYALGIA , MENIERES AND DEGEN. ARTH. PLUS. MED.S CAUSE SO AMY SIDE EFFECTS. STILL WORKING ON BOOKS AND I NOW DO KAREOKE- COUNRTY AND ROCK! THE BEST ONES I CAN DO R : MELISSA ETHRIDGE-I'M THE ONLY ONE, FAITH HILL- IT MATTERS TO ME, LORETTA LYNN AND PASTY CLINE, I ALSO DO HEART-CRAZY ON YOU, AND SARA EVANS-A LITTLE BIT STRONGER, CHEATIN, AND OTHER, LOVE SUGARLAND! DIXIE CHICKS! AND LEARNING NEW SONGS EVERYDAY.
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Raena, age 18,  BESTfriend lorrie, ?AT AGE 20+
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ME- RAENA
TANJI
ME AND ANGELIKA
MY GRANDPARENTS ON MOTHER'S SIDE
MY NEICE
ZANDRA, MY MOTHER
MY BIOLOGICAL DAD, NOT STEPDAD AND DANIEL
DANIEL AND ANGELIKA HAVING FUN ONE SUMMER
DANIEL
DANIEL AGE 12
ANGELIKA
RAENA AGE 17-18
MY SON DANIEL, MY LITTLE BLUE EYE BOY.
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