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Anita Roche

2022 update:
As a dialysis RN, I was able to travel for three years 2011-2014 - exploring NewEngland and the Northeast while Kate and Lara were in college. Tharyl was able to visit frequently - sharing with me explorations of Niagara Falls and Buffalo; Boston and the Freedom Trail; New York City's Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum; Maine - Red's Eats for lobster rolls; Mystic, CT. When the girls completed undergrad I returned home to Clarkston. I worked as a telephonic disease management RN for Humana's Medicare business and their Tricare contract until retiring from the day job (with a paycheck) November 2021.
In 2014 Tharyl and I began exploring the concept of opening an adult family home (for people who are no longer able to live independently). We purchase a beautiful home overlooking the Snake River, to the West of Clarkston, in 2018 and were licensed in the Spring of 2019. We completed an addition to our home in late 2021 so that we now are able to accept six residents. We have a staff that assists with day and evening caregiving; it is, however, more than a full-time job!
My oldest, Heidi, continues to live and work with her husband in Hollywood. My twins, Kate and Lara, both live in Seattle. Kate completed her MLIS at UW in 2020 and is currently working (remotely) as a reference librarian for UW Bothell; Kate dances (modern, jazz and ballet) at every opportunity. Lara completed her MS in Kinesiology from ATStill University in May 2022 and works as a personal fitness trainer, specializing in women's strength; she also enjoys circus arts training (ropes, trapeze, ribbons - think Cirque de Soleil). Both girls are certified yoga instructors.



Since the 30th - at which time I was single with eight year old twin girls and directing a child care center in Clarkston - now the update:
Tharyl and I traveled back and forth Kansas City to Clarkston monthly and spent hours on the phone until July of 2001 when he relocated to Clarkston. We moved into a large home (on a small lot with no garage) in August of 2001 and immediately turned half of the back yard into a shop and garage ... The yard continues to be a work in progress though we do have several raised beds with drip-system that Tharyl installed and I have great intentions (again!) this year of growing some herbs and veggies. I closed the child care center in 2004, deeply in debt and way over stressed by dealing with the state and parents who didn't pay their bills etc. After years of advising clients who needed education and jobs that medical was the way to go, I decided to take my own advice and began the road to nursing school in May of 2005. Graduated from nursing school in June of 2008, passed boards in July and began work at our local, small hospital the next day! I love nursing - it is a wonderful career for my "retirement" years! The girls are now within three months of high-school graduation! What an adventure that has been! Kate will go to Marlboro College in Southern Vermont - Lara hopes to attend one of the "Ivies" but their decisions are not sent out until April 1st, so we continue to wait. You can visit me on Facebook - I enjoy visiting with friends and especially seeing pics of children, grandchildren (I have none - thank goodness!), and vacations etc... Tharyl just commented (he's sitting at his computer exploring Facebook while I write this) that this wasn't to be a life history - sorry! See you in June AND on Facebook! Come visit us - we make great brunches ...

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