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Angie Tickle Douglass

I can not believe it has been 21 years! I have been so excited about this class reunion all year. I can not wait to see everyone. However, this has been a hard year for me... I am turning 40 next week, October 19th. I can still remember my 20th birthday finding my first gray hair and thinking...this is halfway to 40! Now we are here. I know it is silly and it is just a number, but there are so many things I wanted to change about myself before I turned 40...I am running out of time. Procrastinating is one of them...here we are the night before the Reunion weekend and I am just now writing this Bio. Well enough about me and my mid-life crisis, let me update you on the last 21 years.

After graduating from North, I went to UNC Chapel Hill. I love the TARHEELS! This was a dream of mine. I graduated in May 1989 with a double major, Industrial Relations and Psychology. After Chapel Hill, I worked for USAirways (no I was not a Flight Attendent) in the Refund Dept and the Frequent Traveler Dept. I decided if I was going to pay my dues I would go back to graduate school at night. USAirways paid for graduate school. I obtained my MBA from Applachian State University and the best part of all had a ball traveling the world. I met my husband, Don while in graduate school. He was also in graduate school getting his MBA from Babcock. We always kid everyone we have a mixed marriage UNC vs. Wake Forest. He proposed the weekend I graduated. It was the best weekend knowing I had finished my MBA and engaged. We were married August 6th, 1994. Once we were married, we moved to Newport News, VA. I transferred with the airlines and worked at the gates. I was having a hard time giving up my flight benefits. Once it gets in your blood it is hard to leave. I took a voluntary separation and was able to pursue other career avenues. I had always had the dream of moving up the corporate ladder and of course wanted to be "CEO". I went to work for the same company as my husband, Ferguson Enterprises in the Marketing Department. God was trying to teach me a lesson. We worked long hours and after about a year or so decided to move to Charlotte, NC. I still had my flight benefits so Don and I continued to travel before having children. My husband Don had always had a dream to have his own business and I had wanted to move up the corporate ladder. However, after our experiences at Ferguson, we decided to make this happen so we started our own company in 1998, Books That Matter. We sell college textbooks to Winthrop Students in Rock Hill, SC. Our first child, Megan was born July 30th 1999 after the first year of starting and of course that changed everything. Being a mother is the hardest, yet the most rewarding job. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful family. With our business I am able to stay at home with our children. When Megan started Kindergarten we moved 5 miles down the road to Tega Cay, SC. Little Don (III) was born June 3rd, 2004 in Charlotte,NC and we moved a month later to Tega Cay, SC.

Well, I could go on forever. Everyone knows I love to talk. We all seem to get so busy and just try to survive. It is times like this that makes us stop and reflect on our life. The next 40 years I hope to slow down more and enjoy the little things. We all want the "American Dream", but you know it is not the dream...its how you enjoy the journey. Just remember to put God first and with his will all things are possible.

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