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Sharon Slater Nunnelee

My mother used to say, "Life is so daily." I now contemplate those 50 plus years of "dailiness".
The Cliff's Notes: I graduated from William Jewell along with at least seven other Liberty classmates that went from kindergarten through college together. I immediately married after graduation (isn't that what we were supposed to do?) and had the opportunity to experience living on the East Coast and in the Southwest, compliments of the U.S. Army, as a military wife. This marriage did not compute after all. (remember these are Cliff's Notes). I later married Mark Nunnelee (1943-2011) and had two sons: Mark Britton (1974-2012) and Shelley Slater (1974). My eldest gave me a grand-daughter, Marissa, who is now seventeen. I now say, "Life happens when you're busy making plans."
The one constant factor these past years has been my career in social work. I have always worked in this field which took root while clerking in my father's Western Auto store. Town notables like Topsy and Tip Butts, along with local farmers, grease monkeys and kids dreaming of Western Flyer bicycles anchored my destiny in a people profession. The Clay County Welfare Office was my social work boot camp. My career has many chapters and a fair amount of diversity. Most years have been in medical social work. I now come full circle to enjoy working only part time in the Social Service Department of Liberty Hospital. Charlie Hughes has been my "boss". He is one of the original seven!
I remain a vital student of life and contemplate writing that book of which the Cliff's Notes are derived. The title, "Life on Plan B".
Thanks to all those helping to make this reunion possible and to the rest of us for showing up!

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