First of all I was born November 18th,
1962 in
Bradenton, Florida. Except for a short
time when I
was small, I have been in the state all
my life. As
a matter of fact my family has been here
since the
early 1800's. I grew up in a very small
town called
Myakka City and I'm happy to say that
after 3 years in Venice, Fl. I have
moved back! It is a spot on the road
between
Bradenton and Arcadia on Hwy 70.
On July 4th, 1985 I married my
sweetheart Jerry. He
is also an old Florida Cracker who's
family roots go
back as far as mine do in the state. He is the service manager for a heavey equipment rental company in Bradenton
June 8th, 1987 we were blessed with a
little angel
in
our lives that we named Darrel Steven.
He was born
in the same hospital that Jerry and I
were born in.
However, Darrel came into this world a
very sick
little baby. He had Down's Syndrom and,
as is
common
with that, he had lung problems and a
heart defect.
He was with us for 20 weeks befor it was
time for him to move onto a higher place
than earth.
On October 26, 1987 God took his little
angel back
home to be with him.
Just a year later we had another
wonderful little
angel come to live with us. On November
12th, 1988
our daughter Denise Danielle was born.
A beautiful,
and very health little girl! Nowdays,
she stays
very
active. While we were living in Venice,
she was a cheerleader for two years for
the Venice Vikings Pop Warner Cheer and
Football. Now that we are back in the
country she has put in that she wants a
horse!
True to family traditon, she
was also
born
in the same hospital as the rest of us.
So there ya go folks, more than you
probably ever
wanted to know about me and my family!