Marine
Moved often: twelve schools in eight states.
Retired after 21 years and farmed in eastern Oregon
Conservative Baptist parents (and still are)
Two younger brothers living in Oregon

Two older girls born in Cyprus near the Green Line.
Preparing to be international school teachers.
Amalia: first queen of modern Greece
Tiphanie: Greek nickname for girls born at Orthodox Epiphany

Two adopted in Ethiopia at about six years old. Not sisters but grew up together. Now juniors in high school in Oregon.
Samrewit: means "she who unifies"
Bemnet: means "by faith"