Comments: What have you been up to the last 50+ years?
Edward Draper & I were wed in 1969, and we are proud parents of 4 girls and 1 boy. We have three grandchildren and three on the way. I am introducing my family in order of their age:
My husband Edward is a retired Emergency Room Physician with a great sense of humor, who graduated from the University of Kansas and started a practice in Sandpoint, Idaho, in 1972, and then in 1982 moved us to Boise, Idaho. He retired March, 2013, and we moved to Mesa, Arizona.
Our oldest daughter Scottie Breschine (Bree) has a PhD in mathematics with a specialty in fluid dynamics and spent two years teaching at Tulane University, and doing research on the West Nile Virus. She is married to Graham who has a PhD in Neuroscience, and great hair!, and seems to have extensive knowledge about everything. They now live in Bozeman, Montana and Bree is researching & teaching at MSU.
Next is Danica Michelle who lives in New York City, has a Masters in literacy & landed a job as a Literacy Specialist and is a Regional Supervisor of the Literacy & Reading program at the New York City Library. Her husband Thomas has a PhD in performance trumpet, and has produced several Jazz CD's. (thomasheflin.com) He is currently Program Manager at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college Division. Their first is due in March.
Alyssa Rene's degree is from the University of Michigan in computers and film, was a Team Manager for a major consulting firm for software development at large corporations, but recently quit to help her husband Brian in his burgeoning business. Brian received the prestigious award for Arizona's Residential Real Estate Agent for 2012. Their first is due November. They live in Gilbert, just 20 mins from us.
Kirsten Alana, our youngest daughter, graduated from Boise State University in Culinary Arts and is a manager at a local restaurant and specializes in cakes and pastries. Her husband Nick also graduated from BSU with a degree in computer web mastering, and currently works as a network troubleshooter at a large corporation. They have given us our second grandchild, Elijah, and another is due in October (days prior to this 50th HS Reunion). They are the only ones to remain in Boise, Idaho.
The youngest, Son Barron Wellington (born 1985), graduated at 26 with honors as a Warrant Officer for the Special Forces. He was awarded a Bronze Star on the field at 23, is familiar to fluent in 8 languages, and is working on a degree in Colorado Springs, as is his gorgeous and friendly wife & excellent mother, Jessica. They gave us our first grandchild, Luke, followed by Jacob.
Most importantly, they are all well-adjusted, and contributors, and leading honored lives; and they are all kind and generous people with a strong sense of loyalty. I have introduced them to you because half of each one of them is me, and raising them has been the most time intensive part of my life.
As for myself, I modeled for a few years for a coat & suit line then became a self-taught, certified histologist & neuroanatomy technician, followed by medical office manager, then full time mother.
