Randi (Stroud) Avery

Wow – 30 years already.  As cliché as it sounds, time does indeed fly.   Haven’t done anything significant in the past 30 years, you know – cured diseases or solved any world issues.  Just lived life.   Married right out of high school, divorced 3 years later.  Lived between Emmett and Boise there for a time.  Moved to Nevada at the coaxing of another classmate, Toddi (Kendall) Mellathin.  And boy, did we have a lot of fun in this 24 hour state!  Met and married my husband, David, here in Nevada and settled into marital bliss (or something like that!).  We have two children – Lauryn, who is 20, and Josh, who is 18, both students at University of Nevada, Reno.  Lauryn is a junior studying psychology; Josh is a freshman studying philosophy.  I’ve held a variety of different jobs over the years – worked in banking for many years, then in the wholesale foodservice business between secretarial and customer service positions.  Then on to an insurance underwriter, to an office manager for a distribution firm, to a real estate agent, and to most recently, a marketing associate for a wholesale foodservice distributor.  Kind of full circle.  Will be semi-retiring early September to be a full time caregiver to my husband, who is afflicated with ALS-Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Words of wisdom – treasure every moment, for we know not what tomorrow will bring.  Wish I could be there with you all!