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What do you know about Users/QueenieJane? // I am the only user or person. ...Born in "The Valley" an hour north of Sacramento I was 2nd in lineage. ...My late parents were a rice rancher & his wife. ...They met at my great-grandmother's ice cream parlor. ...Daddy went to the hardware store, then walked to the corner for an ice cream. ...Met my Mom there, & soon she was in the family way. ...They had a shotgun wedding at her father's house. ...This union was a disaster that kept children coming. ...The last child she had, was put up for adoption in Santa Cruz. ...Back then, you disappeared when you were with an unwanted child, not many married women who had children did this. ...My mother was a wild child, as an adult she was a head of the times. ...She divorced in the 50's, & she gave my baby sister up for adoption. ...They said (mom & step-dad) she was sick & in the hospital. ...A year later, when I asked, was told she died. ...Up until the adoption was final, I still kept asking all the time. ...I was worried, since I was the babysitter to my little sister, & wanted to take care of this baby, too. ...Never really felt (age 10) that she was not with us, to find out 30+ years later, she was alive & had lived down the street (3 blocks down) & a block over. ...We went to the same schools (Mission Hill & Santa Cruz Hi). ..Her teacher's asking if she had an older sister, she reminded them of a former student. ...I guess, we look the most alike, as she has chosen to not meet us. ...Her sister & she were adopted; the mother's of both girls given up, had 1 or more siblings. ...Hence, I knew all the "kept children," because of school ties. ...Not figuring out until her sister contacted us, & then I put the missing pieces together. ...Married in 1971, had boy baby in 1975, followed by son in 1977. ...Left him in late 90's, after I'd raised my boy's to manhood. ...He wasn't happy in life & neither was I. ... I was lonely living with someone. ...When my mother died, I realized it was time to get out of a miserable excuse of a marriage. ...I no longer suffer from anxiety daily, life is calmer, & don't miss the stressful times. ...Miss not seeing my son's more, since I am in Aromas now. ...Miss the old friends that left when I married. ...//The kitten who got me thru the sad times, died this week at 15+ yrs. old. I've been grieving this week. ...You can probably I am tell by reading this that I am sad. ...Yes, Life goes on. ...Santa Cruz became my home for 20 yrs. ...Then Aptos for 20 yrs. ...Now, about 5 yrs. in Aromas. ...Next stop will hopefully be at my ranch in Royal Oaks. ...Can't afford a stick house in Santa Cruz anymore. I am one of the lucky ones, I own a manufactured home in Aptos & in Royal Oaks. ...The latter to be my "Ranch Home" without neighbor's living an breathing on you. ...Where you can raise horses, cattle, pigs, goats & chicken's if you wish.
