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Thanks Annie for this one.  I actually had to think.  I mainly remember childhood as either dance lessons, gymnasitics, and then finally for many many years, swim practice.  So I came home from school and went straight to practice.  So not too much time for games. I was a serious youngster!...

Well they say we American's are the true mutts of the genealogical world and after today I know I am.  I knew of my French and English and Irish and Scottish and American Indian  lineage... well today, digging around on my paternal grandfather's line - I get to add Dutch and...

My mother earned a teaching degree from the University of Georgia in the mid 1960's.  She taught for a few years and then had to stop to have me.  Back then you could not teach and be pregnant (GASP!!). Her main profession was raising my brother and me and that kept...

I have been having to travel a good bit lately for work and was in Atlanta the end of February.  As I was riding down the elevator with another woman she commented on my lipgloss and how pretty it was. :-) She asked me more about it and we chatted for...

Thought that title would draw you in.... December 23... my birthday...through the years it has had its ups and downs.  Being so close to Christmas it is nice because everyone is in a festive mood and homes are decorated with colorful lights.  But it is bad too, because everyone is broke....

Really - only ONE ancestor?? Come on - you have to know me better than THAT!!  Me who is working on a book about time travel and going back to watch my ancestors and maybe interact with them.... (still working on plot and story line).  So I cannot limit it to...

To FORGIVE.... that is tough... Different from forgetting... I have had to learn that to forgive someone of something doesn't mean you have to forget they did it.  And that is a HUGE difference as well as a HUGE gap to cross... A tough lesson to learn and actually follow.  I...

I was born December 23 so my first cake was a home made red velvet cake made by Mom.  White icing thank you - not that nasty cream cheese stuff.  Always decorated with red and green icing as well.... Decorations on top of the cake would change over the years depending...

Wow - this one is a tough one for me.  It truly is.  Given my passion for genealogy and the amount of research I have done it would be a dream come true for me to be able to talk to my ancestors.  What I wouldn't give to be able to...

Holiday traditions.... that involved my Mom who is no longer there to continue them with me. So my favorite tradition has ended.  Mom and I were sorority sisters - Pi Beta Phi's.  Our mascot is the angel.  So every Christmas since I joined in 1987 and was initiated we gave each...

True friends are ones who are your friends no matter what.  They will be with you in the jail cell as the addage goes, saying "Damn we had a good time!!"  They are the ones there with you through thick and thin.  Those are the most precious of friendships because they...

One - only one?  You would try to impose limits on me?  I have many I want to visit. FIRST and foremost is my great great grandfather John Wesley Martin.  Right now he is my genealogy brick wall.  I have visited his grave in Lincolnton, Georgia and asked him to manifest...

Over the years I had lots of boyfriends, but somehow for me marriage wasn't in the stars. I was very career focused and really hadn't found The One.  I dated but just hadn't had that spark.  And as fiercely independent as I am, well, marriage wasn't really high on my list...

Many people believe the War for Southern Independence (or the War of Northern Agression) started in April of 1861 at Fort Sumpter.  My family lore would disagree. We argue that the first shots were fired on January 9, 1861 against the Star of the West. My great great great uncle, John...

Wow... this one is making me dig into the memorybanks... I have often wondered what would have happened if I had made Junior Nationals at the Zone Swim Meet in August 1983..  How far could I have or would I have gone? Instead I missed qualifying by a fingernail...Literally .01 of...

My career goal was to be an attorney... Mom was going to be my paralegal.  I even went to Auburn and earned my BA in Political Science and Philosophy with minors in English, History and Business. (Yes over achiever I know).  I even became a certified Paralegal with Mom. Then I...

This is a tough one.  When this question came out it made me really have to stop and think.  I was EXTREMELY shy as a child but I loved school. My first grade teacher - Mrs. Howell - I was terrified of her.  At that time corproal punishment was allowed in...

I spent my teenage years at the pool - swim practice every afternoon and 2 mornings a week before school and on Saturdays (when we were not at swim meets).  My goal was to represent the US at the Olympics - 1984.....  200 meter breastroke and either 200 meter Individual medely...