Dianne KEARNS Smiley

I tried my hand at Speech Therapy for 9 years but when I moved to Georgia in 1977 I found a job at ADP -- Automatic Data Processing -- believe it or not, I still live in GA and I still work at ADP(now retired).

I met my future husband in Hartford, CT on the golf course in Windsor. We were married on December 26th 1975 (I was his 3rd wife) and we swore we would not have any children -- but we did anyway several years later and I am glad we did! My husband died on July 17th 1997 of an aortic anyeurism. I miss him but life goes on for those of us that are left behind -- so I became a softball mom watching my daughter get better and better at her chosen sport.
I probably left my son alone a little too much because he ended up dropping out of high school and getting in some trouble. But he and I went right thru that stage together and he is now an outstanding young man and has been working with me at ADP for over 10 years. He goes to the Univ. of Phoenix online school and is doing great.
My daughter pitched in all the GA State softball championship games in her senior year and helped her team win them all. This resulted in her obtaining a full college athletic scholarship to Kennesaw State Univ. (lucky for me) since I never could have afforded her education any other way. She has now graduated and has her Master's degree in Business and a great job with franchises Focus Brands as a real estate specialist...then Huddle House...now Hooters.

Braintree High School Class of 1963
University of Massachusetts 1967 BA, 1969, MBA in Speech Pathology and Audiology which I only used for about 9 years.
Morse School of Business in Conn. 1975 to see if I might want to pursue Accounting.