Sherry (Flagg) Frantz

I'm having a hard time writing this, as most everyone has addressed the main issue. Can't believe it's been 20 years! It's been a long journey, and one in which I have made mistakes but wouldn't change any of them. After high school, I tried the college thing...Springfield College, Browns Business, Lincoln Land, it wasn't for me. I got a job with the state and had my oldest son in 1990 followed by a wedding 1992 and then my second son in 1993 and divorce in 1995. In 1996 I had my youngest son (yup, 3 boys), and ended up a single/divorced mom raising 3 boys by myself. It was a struggle, but I did and still would do anything for my boys.

David is my oldest. Believe it or not, he just graduated from Riverton High and turned 18 on July 1st. It was weird going to his graduation 20 years after my own. Things sure have changed at the school. David played football all 4 years and was hoping to play on the college level, but soon learned to go to the college of his choice he should have spent more with the books and not working, hunting, or goofing around in his truck. This fall he will go to Midwest Technical Institute and study welding, with hopes of going to school at a later time to study engineering.

Anthony is my middle child. This is an older picture of him at his 8th grade graduation. He'll be 15 in a couple of weeks and a sophmore. He's following in his older brothers footsteps and plays football as well. Hopefully this year we will be minus the mohawk.

John is my youngest child and will be 12 in a week. He's going to be in the 7th grade and although in this picture he's in a football uniform, he's more interested in baseball and basketball. He's the complete opposite of his brothers.

As far as my life since high school, I continued to work for the state until 2004 when I took the early retirement buyout and left after 15 years. I sold my house and moved myself and my boys back into my parents house so I could go back to school full time. I never thought I'd be back living at home at that age, but it was good timing as my mother had a hip replacement and needed some help for a little bit. For those who may remember my mom, she still does the lunch room supervision at the middle school and is a bus monitor also. Oh.....forgot to mention....I drive a bus part-time for the school. For a little bit, I even drove the dreaded vocational bus. Who would have thought.

Well I have since moved into Riverton with the boys, and just graduated with my RN degree from Lincoln Land and take my state boards on July 17th and will continue working at St. Johns on the IMC/Neurology floor. My boyfriend and I spend a lot of our time with the boys, going to movies, and traveling. St Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears are our favorites. I can't wait to get back in touch with people. I'm on yahoo and have a myspace page my signon is daatja3 (my 3 sons initials).