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Female


Location

Tampa,FLorida


Graduating Year:

1986


About Me:

Many people don't know I almost didn't even graduate. In May of 1985, I was put into W.T. Edwards ( juvie jail ) for assult and battery (I pushed my Mom down and she filed) I decided to do all the school work I could while in a half-way house and W.T..(they had a program that if you did it, you could go back and not miss a beat.) I came back to school without a hitch. There were many teachers that supported me GREATLY during this time and friends too.. It was a difficult time for me.. but, I had a tough exterior and most didn't know a thing that was going on at home! After graduation, at 17, I got engaged, only to later break it off, due to not really knowing what I actually wanted to do with my life.. it felt like the wrong move... my deep motive was to prove I was an adult and could be on my own.. oh, I was SO wrong! I soon after that got very involved with drugs and alcohol so much so that I ended up in jail and the hospital (for overdosing), and eventually detox and rehab. That part of my life is GONE! WheW, am I glad of that!! I am now a COMPLETLELY different person, it's as if I was never even that person at all. But, it's has taken MANY years to get to that point... of getting that OLD me out of the way! It was like luggage for a family of 10, and I wasn't going anywhere! I just didn't want to LET IT GO.. it was draggin' me down.. BAD! I've had an INCREDIBLE MARRIAGE (married in 1997) ~ when I met my husband ~ I NEVER KNEW HOW GOOD IT WOULD BE! He accepted me "as-is" (which I have to say, is kinda like a car that may have looked o.k.~ but is a mEss inside)In the years together, we have grown together in a way I never thought to be possible. **The BIGGEST PART OF MY LIFE .. WAS ME ACCEPTING JESUS. I cannot imagine " the old me "~The gradual change has been one that I can now wake-up in the morning and feel GREAT! It's been since 2002, when I gave my life to God ( first time was at 15, but that's another story) I am commited to what I am here to do.. not thinking it's ALL ABOUT ME.. I love to listen to Christian music (90.5 Spirit FM), and podcasts everyday to keep me grounded and growing. We've taught in our Childrens' Ministry, at VanDkye Methodist for 4 years now, and love it, we started going on 2002, and knew it was thee place to worship! Most people talk about their kids etc. and since we don't have any, ( but, may someday adopt~) ...I am talking about how my life has changed.. because IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING IN MY LIFE... God has graced me with what I never thought I was worthy of, deserved or felt before. I FEEL GOOD... and I never have really felt that.. ... I am the National Product Educator for one of the largest vitamin companies,Country Life.You'll find us in any health food store! I travel three weeks of each month around the United States. I fly out on Mondays and come home on Thursdays. I am in a different state, and cover all 50. (Haven't been to Louisiana, Mississippi or N. Dakota yet)I've been in the industry for over 10 years, with Country Life, since 2004. I give public lectures in health food stores and have several radio shows that I am a guest on in different states. I LOVE the radio aspect of it! ( But, would never want to do JUST radio!) The bigger the crowd the better.. but, I hate social stuff.. After the 1983 bodybuilding contest at Hillsborough (the first year for girls) contest, I think a lot of people thought I'd be doing that.... I try to get in my exercise as much as I can on the road. It's tough, as I'm in a different time-zone each week. I am tremendously happy with my life, the way I feel, what I have accomplished and where I am going. I have been so blessed to have the husband I have, the family I have ( even finding my biological Mother, Sandi, in 2005) Life is what you make of it and you need to have INTENTIONAL CHANGE.. (a book I am currently working on) in order to grow.. I've been at the VERY,depths of darkness and know that it HAS to be an INTENTIONAL movement in the other direction to make a change in your life... regardless of WHAT you are doing or going through! I look forward to re-uniting with friends and people from school, as I have only seen a few people since graduation. I guess I could have just put: VERY, VERY HAPPILY MARRIED, LOVIN' LIFE AND LOVIN' GOD, No kids, Three Bichon Frise Doggies ( Billie, Sam, Nickki ) But, hey.. that would have been boring.... LIFE IS A THRILL, IT'S EXCITING, AND I'M HAPPY!!!!


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  • Darlene Fabelo ('86) September 27, 2016 at 8:57pm
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    To my fellow Terriers of the Class of 86... and any Terriers of other classes that want to attend....especially 84, 85, 87.... Here is the planned schedule of events for the Class of 1986, 30th Reunion:
    Sept. 30 (Friday) 7pm-10pm---HHS Homecoming football game against Chamberlain ($5 admission to game). They are also calling it the BLACKOUT game, so they want everyone to wear Black. Check in with me at the ALUMNI table once you come into the dogpound for some Terrier beads. Please sit in alumni area where you will see banners and balloons, so it will be easier to find each other for fun prop photos since it will be a packed game. (FYI...the classes of 1996 & 2006 will also be at this game celebrating their reunions as well)... If you would like to have a school tour, one is available at 530pm sharp at the bell tower entrance and will end around 630pm in time for the game. After the game, ABC Pizza, is an option for those that want to go. 
     
    Oct. 1 (Saturday) 7pm until ? ---Meet & Mingle at Jackson's on Harbour Island. Meet at the outside bar area. Pay your own drinks and meals on your own dime. Jackson's will validate your parking pass for the first 2 hours. I suggest arriving before 10pm since Jackson's gets really packed. 
     
    Oct. 2 (Sunday) 1pm until ? --- Meet at Curtis Hixon Riverwalk area by the Children's Museum (there is parking available by the hour at the Poe garage if you can't find parking on the street). Bring a blanket and pack a picnic then enjoy the beautiful area of Downtown Tampa. Go for a stroll down Riverwalk, by foot or rent a bike. If you want to have some food and drinks, then walk down near the convention center to the THE SAIL pavilion on the water. If you stick around the park till 6pm there's free yoga. Lots of fun stuff to do for the day with classmates!   
     
    I hope many of you will come to all or at least one of the gatherings. I look forward to seeing my fellow Terriers. Please spread the word to others that may not be on my email distribution or that are not on facebook. Go HERE for our Facebook page.  
     
    GO BIG RED!!!
    Darlene Fabelo
    86 Class President 
    Questions?     contact me at dfabelo@aol.com or cell 813 928 3232  
                                       
     

     

     

  • Bryan Stidham February 15, 2009 at 5:10pm
    Happy day after Valentine's Day! If you want to, look me up on Facebook, as I'm online there a lot.

    Keep on keepin' on, Bryan
  • Charles (Chuck) Potter February 12, 2009 at 6:05pm
    Tracy, I'm so glad you dropped a note! No one I kept in contact from HHS (just a few people though) had heard a word about you. I was beginning to think the worse. To know you made it through those days and had a happy ending (with a new beginning) is really, really encouraging. I think this is a public forum, so my email address is pottertax@yahoo.com. I'd love to catch up offline (news about your family, etc.).
    The picture was taken at Kearsearge Pass (elev. 11,760 ft.) in the Sierra Mountains. I went backpacking there in late August 2008. I'll post some more pictures online of me and my family. Please email.
  • ARMANDO FERNANDEZ January 28, 2009 at 1:51am
    lol my kind of girl u have a lucky man
  • Dallas Norton Griffin October 19, 2008 at 9:29pm
    What a testimony! What a testimony! So glad to see you are doing even better than the last time I saw you. Awesome. I Still have the shop on Hillsboorough Ave in business for 15 years now. 16 years married to my best friend Ty ( might put that in my bio)2 kids Austin 15, Houston 10, Savannah 5 (dog). Parents are both living and doing great and I m lovin livin. Attending Grace Family Church & learning a lot about me in my relationship with Christ. Everyday Im looking into the mirror of self and removing all doubt. I know what Joy truly is and where it comes from. We must get together and share war stories. I would luv to see you too. GODS SPEED
  • Sean Geary October 16, 2008 at 5:58pm
    Hey Tracy, Yes I do remember you and the swim team. Man it just doesn't seem like it was all that long ago. Well I am doing good. My 16 yr old daughter and I both race BMX bicycles so I am trying to stay active but I think age is starting to gain on me at almost 41...lol
    It looks like things are good for you, I am glad to see that!
    It was good to hear from you!
    K.I.T.,
    Sean
  • Marieux Mulero Driggers October 5, 2008 at 5:27pm
    Tracy, don't know if you remember me. You and I were in the swim team together. You made those "away" road trips fun. I was 1 year ahead. I am glad to know that you have overcome those obstacles. We all have in one way or another.
  • Darlene Fabelo ('86) October 5, 2008 at 3:53pm
    Good seeing you at the HHS documentary event yesterday! u looked great as always!!!! I hope u had a good time revisiting the school.
  • Stephen White September 7, 2008 at 7:53pm
    Tracy, I am so sorry I never e-mailed. I lost your address during the move. I am very happy you found me here. I would love for us to get together with you guys sometime. Call me at 817-4300 or e-mail at swhite01@tampabay.rr.com. (that is a zero, not the letter O). :)
  • Jackie Brasington Lais September 5, 2008 at 3:11pm
    Tracy, Tracy, Tracy!!!!! My god it is good to hear from you. I have thought of you so many times thru the years. We have to get together. What a blast from the past with the Lee Greenwood song. Still love it. We have alot to catch up on. We were such good friends in High School. Would love the hubbies to meet. I have to put a picture of Bill and I on my HHS page. I hate going to other classmates and they don't have a picture! We have to get together, SOON.
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