User talk:Lindameador1

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Introduce myself to readers and/or writers.
If it is possible to display emotions on my face, you would take one look at me and know how nervous and tentative I feel at this moment. This week I saw a message board which had messages to me from an experienced editor. She was very warm and kind, and I did not have to explain my long failure to communicate on the Wiki. That being said, I will tell something about myself and my goals in volunteering to participate in Wiki conventions.

I am Lindameador1, and I live in Lubbock, Texas. I have lived in this area about thirty to forty years; I am fond of this area, except that I miss the mountains in El Paso where I was born. This is really a good, safe city to live in, clean and healthy, except when the dust blows. I am a retired teacher with forty-three years of experience with all ages of students and all types of learning. I really did love the students and the challenges involved in all kinds of teaching, from helping pre-kindergarteners learn to sit still, up through helping teachers learn to address and cope with all learning styles.

I have two children (now grown) who have sons of their own. They live in this area, but are very busy with their own lives.

I have been doing indexing and genealogy work for a few years, and I find it very peaceful and interesting. I have found many relatives with the assistance of Heritage and Ancestry. It is very exciting to receive that note that there is a "discovery" in my family.The family names that are plentiful are:  Leonards, Sheahons, Steeles, Parkers, Jennings, Arnolds, Summers, Moody, Walkers, and Porters. i always think about the picture of great uncles with my grandma -- each just a few years old. I scanned the picture in my gallery, and within a few days, both of the "great uncles" granddaughters contacted me about their granddaddies'