For the next 14 years we were either teaching or going to school and managed to complete 6 degrees between us, moved 13 times, and had 2 children. My 35-year teaching career consisted of teaching Business, English, 4th grade, school librarian and school counselor. We have lived in Wichita Falls, TX since 1970 where Emerson was employed as a Professor, Dean and Assistant Vice President at Midwestern State University and I was a school librarian and then high school counselor, a career which I dearly loved. We have 2 boys, but no grandchildren. Michael lives near Houston and is a Welding Inspector and Matthew lives here and is the Education Dean at Midwestern. Believe it or not, they are both cowboys on the side, so my grandchildren are cows, horses, dogs and cats.

My favorite teacher was: Mr. Klewer, who taught English and made even "Romeo and Juliet" interesting. He was extremely patient and an excellent teacher. My most feared teacher was Frank Robinson, the Band Director. However, Band was absolutely the highlight of my high school career. Miss Turner, who taught me 2 years of shorthand, was the hardest teacher I had, but I have to say I taught shorthand the same way and I still use it for myself. Something I did in high school that I never told my parents about was getting removed from my job working in the school office. One of my jobs was to deliver telephone messages to students and that was a perfect opportunity to deliver messages to my friends. Guess what? I was caught and sent back to study hall after a reprimand from Mrs. Morris, which is exactly what should have happened.