Children (LC School and Class Year - if applicable)
ryan, born 1990
Schools Attended
Lake County High School
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HELLO CLASS OF 81 AND OTHER CLASSES, IT'S ME GWENDOLYN. I HAVE OFTEN LOOKED BACK OVER MY CHILDHOOD AND WONDERED HOW THE HECK COULD I HAVE BEEN SO "MEAN". ON THE SERIOUS SIDE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT ANY AND ALL THE WRONGS THAT I DID AS A CHILD TO ANY OF YOU. PLEASE ACCEPT MY DEEPEST APOLOGY IF I BEAT YOU UP OR TRIED TO (LOL) OR TREATED YOU LIKE ANYTHING LESS THAN THE PERSON GOD CREATED YOU TO BE. I ACCEPTED CHRIST IN MY LIFE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO CHANGE MY HEART, MIND, AND MY SOUL. A LOT OF THINGS WERE GOING ON WITH ME AS A CHILD THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND KNEW NOT HOW TO DEAL WITH SO THE ONLY THING I KNEW TO DO WAS TO TAKE MY FRUSTRATIONS OUT ON OTHERS. AGAIN I APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU. I HAVE LONGED TO DO THIS AND I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO. IF I COULD DO IT ONE BY ONE, I WOULDN'T HESITATE BUT SINCE 1981 I'VE LOST CONTACT WITH PRACTICALLY ALL OF YOU, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A "RAM IN THE BUSH". GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. PRAY FOR ME AND MINE AS I PRAY FOR YOU AND YOURS. AND NOW TO TELL YOU MY BUSINESS,LOL. AFTER GRADUATION I ATTENDED DYERSBURG STATE FOR ALL OF MAYBEEEEEEE, 2 MINUTES AND DECIDED HEY I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. SO I ENTERED THE WORK FORCE AS AN INDUSTRIAL WORKER. AROUND 1988 I MET THE MAN OF MY DREAMS AND TOGETHER WE BORE A CHILD IN 1990. HIS NAME IS RYAN BANKS, NOW 18 AND ABOUT TO LEAVE THE NEST TO ATTEND COLLEGE. I HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED BY GOD TO HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME YOUNG MAN TO CALL MY SON. IN 2003, I DECIDED TO BECOME A LEGAL COSMETOLOGIST, (I SAY LEGAL BECAUSE LIKE ALL HAIRSTYLIST, I BOOTLEGGED FOR 20 YRS.) I ATTENDED MCCOLLUMN AND ROSS COSOMETOLOGY SCHOOL IN JACKSON, TN. BECAME A LICENSED SYLIST IN 2004. I NOW RESIDE IN MARTIN, TN. I OWN AND OPERATE MY SALON, "ANNOINTED CREATIONS", AND I CHOOSE TO TAKE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME. GOD HAS REALLY BEEN GOOD TO ME AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL.