When you turn 50, you are finally at peace with your life. You FINALLY quit sweating the "small" stuff. Thank God! You and Jeff are still married and living in Falcon Trace...the first home you guys buy together. You guys are very happy together and are best friends. Although you are both not in the shape you were in when you got married...you are still very attracted to each other.
Samantha actually went to college and is now 23 years old. She is an elementary school teacher. She loves her job and has decided to teach in Vero Beach. These Vero Beach people have a hard time leaving this small town! Although she gives you and Jeff a very hard time through high school...she turned out to be a pretty good girl. Maybe all those things you tried to teach her worked after all! Although she doesn't keep the cleanest apartment...she has morals...which is what your biggest fear was all along. You did a pretty decent job raising a child that was half grown when you came in to her life. You look back and wish you wouldn't have said some of the things you said....but you can't take it back now. Overall, things worked out ok in the end. She has still had no contact with her biological mother...which you think is a really good thing!
After all those years of trying, you guys finally have a little girl. Sad thing is, you don't get pregnant until you are 37 years old! Wow! That's kind of old! Your mom and dad think it's a BIG mistake to have kids when you are that old....but Jeff and you really wanted at least one child together. So when you are 50...yes you have a child that is only 13 years old. Her name is Skye Brook Driskell and she is a beauty...thanks to her mother...LOL! She isn't thin...but not fat and has brown curly hair. She is very athletic and also a cheerleader. Very popular in school just like her mom and dad. She is very girly and very high maintenance...not sure where she got that. She is very spoiled...but she's worth spoiling. You love her more than you've ever known love before. You find it very hard to juggle home life with work...but you find it very worthwhile! You are truly blessed...as you have always been.
You went back to school in August of 2010. Yes, after you said you were done with school...you go back to pursue your master's degree. How could you turn it down??? The hospital is paying for it! When you complete your master's, you are offered a job on days...at the new Tradition Hospital. You finally are where you want to be...at the top! It's a hard transition to days...afterall you've worked nights your whole career! This is a great job and you are very happy with it! Plus, you are making alot of $$$$!
So, after you tried all those years to find your parents a house in Florida...they finally make a decision to to stay in Texas. You are heartbroken over this...because all you've ever wanted is to be closer to them. But, in a way you can't blame them because Texas has alot more to offer than Florida. Plus, they are very close to Chloe and she needs them more than my kids do. They decide to stay in Amarillo...because they have great medical care and they really like it there.
Everything you've worked hard for has come your way. Your life has been easy....not sure why?? Maybe it was all of the prayers. You are truly blessed! You feel like you could never re-pay your parents for all of their struggles to put you through college. Maybe someday! You look back on your life....and finally say..."I wouldn't change anything!"
So, there it is...short and sweet! Now, let's see how close I come to guessing what lays ahead!
Holley Ann
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