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Today's Featured Biography
Mary Maddox Sanders
I sooo can NOT believe it's been 20 years! wow,.,.,I feel soooo old! lol* Well...I went to good 'ole Longview College during the fall of '88, went for 2 years, and worked for now what is known as Honeywell out in Olathe,KS where one of my sisters still works and my Dad retired from 3 years ago. I didn't work there for very long; kind of had a few different jobs, including lovely Ponderosa that was once in the Truman Corners shopping center where I saw some of you! lol* :)
I met my husband, Roger, Sept. '88 and we ended up getting married in July '92. His job, Marine Corps., took us to our first duty station at Camp Pendleton, Ca for 4 years, where I worked for Hallmark and then from there, we moved back to Missouri for 3 yrs., where I worked for Hallmark again and Carondelet Family Medical Care of Kansas City, but worked at the Grandview and Lee's Summit offices where I bumped into some of you. :) We then moved to Iowa for 3 years, not much to say about Iowa except for we met a TON of cool friends but did NOT like "living" there! lol*....then off to Rhode Island (LOVED IT! I miss my BEACHES!ha)for 3 1/2 years and now we are currently in Denham Springs, Louisiana which is about 20 miles from Baton Rouge. Not really liking Louisiana much; BUT WOULD SOOO take their all year round awesome weather with me back to MO!
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I am currently not working right now but hope to get back out in the work field, atleast part-time, before I get too old! lol* But I do enjoy my peaceful days 'cause as soon as 3pm hits M-F, the noise is back! lol* I am grateful though that I can stay home for the time being,.,.,but I DO get bored!!! lol*
We have 3 beautiful awesome kids that totally keep us on our toes! Ashley is 14,.,ugh,,.RJ is 12 and Madison is 6. The 2 older kids are having fun in competitive sports, All*Star leagues and tournaments(softball&baseball, OF COURSE! lol* and bball and soccer) and Madison is loving dancing and tumbling!!!
Roger and I have asst. coached a few baseball,soccer, basketball and softball teams along with our 2 oldest kids and have loved every minute of it! In Iowa, Ashley showed interest in softball pitching and of course, I was soo excited! I helped out the coaches, taking a few girls to the side each practice and worked with them on their pitching! :) Ashley never smiled so bright from ear to ear like she did at her very first game in which she pitched half the game! She was sooo excited that a girl actually hit a ground ball off of her!! lol* That was when she was 8 yrs. thru 10 yrs. old!
But when we moved to Rhode Island,and Ashley was a few more years older (and wiser? LOL*),.,. the more she practiced pitching, the better she got and she lead Middletown, RI to (2) District Softball Championships! We couldn't be more proud!
Again, I worked on the side with some of the pitchers and did my best to guide them, encourage them, keep them smiling and giving them the confidence that with hard work and dedication, they could conquer anything! And dang it,.,.,I can STILL fire a fastball and burn Roger's hand/glove!!! I still got it!
Ashley doesn't like playing catch with me though! She wouldn't even let me warm her up at games/practices! lol* RJ will though,.,.,he loves playing "burn out!" lol* (:
Ashley tried out for the Middle school softball team,.,..,which is so weird ,.,.,.MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM?? lol*.......and she made the team! She was a starting 7th grader!!! Again,.,so proud! AND another plus with the confidence! :)
RJ pretty much was in the same shoes as Ashley...very interested in becoming a (baseball) pitcher but was shy and embarrassed that "everyone was watching"! lol* But with time and practice and ABOVE ALL~~~~>encouragement, RJ was on his way! He lead Middletown in his 1st season in ALL*STARS in pitching and hitting clean*up. After that, he didn't need anymore encouragement~~~~>the boy thought he OWNED that age *league!!! lol* He got better with soccer, basketball and baseball and became a team leader and captain for his teams. Very proud of him as well of course! :) He could be such a 'ball hog' at times, like his father, lol*, but he soon broke away from that! lol*
But Roger and I wouldn't have it any other way as far as the kids' sports go.
We can't live without it and totally LIVE for it! We are our kids BIGGEST fans and LOUDEST cheerleaders! I hope that they continue with their athletics, keep their confidence and cool, lol*, and with good grades and a good attitude, go play whatever sport at a good college of their choice! :) I wish I would have done things different,.,.,.,so I guess you could say that I am "planning" to live vicariously thru my kids!!! lol* :) Hey, I am just excited that ONE of my kids showed some interest in pitching! Whether it be for softball or baseball, didn't matter! Even my youngest knows the "moves" to being a pitcher! She shows it off every time we are out and about at the mall or target/walimart!
too funny! lol* :) Life without sports just isn't life in our house! lol* (Speaking of which,.,.,we sometimes play ball in the house too,.,.,but not like REAL baseballs or softballs,.,,.just the vinyl or soft type stuff!!! Have we broke anything??? ooooo well.....yes.... there is a list!!!! lol* NEVER a dull moment in our house!!! ha!)
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I hope everyone is doing great! I can't WAIT to move back to Missouri; it's hard being away from family for so long and missing out on what everyone has been up to! We went home this past Christmas and the time there just flew by too fast! :( My parents moved from Grandview, in the house I grew up in and lived in for 22 years of my life, and moved to Lee's Summit once again. My sister, Becky, and her family live in Lee's Summit too and my other sister and her family live in Overland Park. We hope that when we retire and "settle" back in Missouri, it will be in Lee's Summit. :)
Well, I better end this sucker 'cause I could just go on and on! lol* But I just wanted to let everyone know what I have been up to these past 20 years and it's awesome again to read what everyone has been up to and see pics! I LOVE PICS!! :) lol*
And great job to Kim and everyone for this awesome website! My sister, Becky, told me about it and I'm so glad! Very coolio! :) Take care! :)
*(Sorry sooooo long,.,.some things just NEVER change with me! It's either my mouth going a mile a minute or my LONG novel emails! hehehe I don't get much adult convo during the day when the kids are at school~~~~~~>the cats are so boring!!! ha!)
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