My Family

My parents both grew up in and around Cincinnati, Ohio, where I was born. They were both born in the late 50s, my mom being born on December 30th and my dad on Augsut 31st. My dad's name is Ronald Jay and my mom's name is Kathy Lynn. My mother works for Delong's Insurance Company in Circleville, Ohio and my dad works for Kenworth Trucking Company in Chillicothe, Ohio. My dad is a work-a-holic and prides himself in his yard work. His hobby is gardening and landscaping and he loves to keep his yard looking better than everyone else's in the neighborhood even though he is too humble to admit it. My mom is an avid reader and goes through usually a book a week. If I was asked to describe my parents I would describe them as faithful, loving, caring, compassionate, benevolent, humble, humorous, and thoughtful.


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I have an older sister who is 27 years old. Her name is Stephanie and she married her husband, Jeremy Olson, back in 2001. They have two children, Brady who is 4 and Rylee who is 1. They recently moved to Troy, Ohio where Jeremy took a church (in Christiansburg). Before they left my sister worked for Delong's Insurance Company as well with my mom. She has continued working for them from her home in Troy. My neice an nephew are adorable! They love to play and sing! My nephew adores The Wizard of Oz and can recite most of the movie and sing all the songs. My neice Rylee gives Brady a run for his money and she beats on him more than he does her. Brady loves his younger sister and they both love their mommy, daddy, mamaws, papaws, and uncle Derron very much!

I have three grandparents who are still living. My grandma Borders lives in Georgetown, Ohio with my uncle and cousin. My dad's real dad lives in Xenia, Ohio. His dad from whom he took his last name passed away back in 1988. My grandma Yancey (my mother's mom) lives in Circleville in my sister and brother's-in-law old house. My grandpa Yancey just recently passed away in October of 2008. Losing him was one of the most difficult things I've had to face in my life as I was too young when my grandpa Borders passed away. I think what made it worse was that I was in France when my grandpa Yancey passed away and I was unable to attend his funeral.

My dad's extended family is quite large as he has two sisters and six brothers. My mom has a brother and had a sister who passed away in 1993 after losing a battle to cancer. But now that my cousin has kids and my sister has kids, my mother's family is growing.