Brenda Joyce Collins Burnett

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09/09/08

 

Just an update since I retired - I finally got back in school, for my own benefit. I attend Western Ky University in

Bowling Green. I have been "attending" classes for about 30 yrs. now, never got to the baccalaureate stage (I was an RN). My major is English and minor is History. I am enjoying it much more as I get older (I know more by virtue of age/experience).                                        

 

I've had a time keeping up with the mowing, weeding, watering, etc., but had wonderful peaches and pears and apples this year. Birds got the blueberries! Have also had an abundance of hummers - is this a happening? I love my birds! I have a rowdy lab (Minnie) who will never grow up, a geriatric Pom (Grace), 2 kittens, Gus and Dinah, and a sour-puss, SaraBeth.              

                            

I have told everyone I know that this past year has been the best of my life, I am so thankful for it, every day I wake up. The best IS yet to come!! Thanks, I love reading about all your exploits and wonderful lives. Carry on!/bb  

 

12/08/07 Brenda’s original bio contribution…

 

I was in a class of '60, but it was in nashville, tn - went to live with my dad the last year of school, so skipped 1/2 grade there.  girls are hard to keep up with because their names change - i came back to houston just to be married - my family had known his family - we were married for 40 yrs, he died of cancer about 8 yrs ago - i went back to school (late) and became an RN - this was in louisville, ky (ky baptist hosp school of nursing - the last of the diploma programs) - lived in louisville for 23 yrs, had one son, moved to southern ky about 24 yrs ago - my son works in orlando, is a city planner, married once, no children. i live on a small farm - we had cows when james was living, now it's just dogs, cats, chickens & my neighbor cuts the hay - i used to visit houston often, but my mother and brother passed away, even james' people are pretty much gone - i was there last about 2 yrs ago (after Rita). i like my version of my memories, can take them out and look at them (and photos) - i always want to get out of the car and walkwalkwalk, all the streets i knew as a kid, walk past the kids' houses. i can't see fast enough in a car. i have all 4 school pics at southmayd ( 2 at park place) - would love to see a yearbook of the '58 or '60 classes, if anyone had 2 or just didn't want theirs ?? i retired in november, plan to take some classes and maybe work 2-3 days a week, but i'm really enjoying this moment.  thanks for a brief brush with "our town"/brenda      

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