Yvonne Powers:  

Life I moved up to Washington State almost three years ago...previously we lived in Northern California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas..had a great spread, five acres, year round creek and beautiful house and outbuildings. I left Chicago back in '89, and moved to Reno, the day before the big quake in Frisco..been out west ever since. I have a daughter, Angelina, who'll turn 16 this December. I'm married to my second husband now for almost ten years, together 13..best man I've ever known. It's kind of funny, my husband is originally from Missouri and he and his sisters all talk with a southern accent, which I've acquired..lol...I've worked mostly in the car business, but have also done legal work, representing my last company in court matters. I've been off work for the last few years due to an injury I sustained. I plan on returning to work pretty soon. I went home to Chicago in '05, for a visit for the first time in ten years, got together with a lot of friends from my old neighborhood, and some from high school. Unfortunately, had to go home twice last year due to the sudden death of my father, and five months later, my uncle passed suddenly as well. I really love living up here in Washington, I live in a very small town, almost seven hundred people, and one signal light..lol...but we're surrounded by a lot of beautiful trees and we're about twenty minutes from an inlet to the ocean...another fifteen minutes from there is the ocean beach that you can drive on...it sure is beautiful to sit and watch the waves come in...and I have seen a whale out in the distance...people here in our area are very friendly and we all wave at eachother as we pass on the roads...I also love the horses that are scattered in pastures around us. Deer frequently make a visit thru town...my daughter Angelina is the light of my world, she has really been a blessing in my life. She had to have brain surgery when she was ten, she was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor when she was eight years old, and we were very close to losing her. We also have a pit bull named Jackson...he was abandoned at a post office near our home in california when he was six weeks old...we raised him with a lot of love and he's such a big part of our family. He's well mannered and has a great personality. When we first moved to this little town, everyone was afraid of him because of his breed, but now that everyone knows him, they just love him too. I'm generally just a happy girl, and living the life I always dreamed of, out in the country. 2/08/2011 UPDATED STORY So much has happened since I wrote the original story of where I've been and what I've been...Expand for more