Partain
“I have always loved to read,” Partain said.
“I remember the old library that use to be down by Muldrow Town Hall. It was pretty small. I am pretty sure I read every young adult book they had when I was growing up,” Partain said.
“I read to both of my kids before they were born and to them at night while they were growing up,” Partain said.
“I have two children, Rhianna, 12 and Meghan, 20. Meghan is a junior at OU and is majoring in journalism. So now I get to read the things she has written,” Partain said.
“We still have family reading time. I mostly read and they listen, but if we read the same book we will have a discussion about the book,” Partain said.
Partain said she is a breast cancer survivor and helped Jeanette Barrows start the first survivor breast cancer group in Sequoyah County.
“We meet the first Monday of the month at Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization building. We have anywhere from three to seven people show up,” Partain said.
“The support groups give you someone you can talk to that actually understands what you are going through,” Partain said.
Partain said in the summertime when her brother and she were out of school they would go and spend time with their grandparents.
“My grandparents always had a garden, cows and chickens. I have done my share of pulling weeds and hoeing. It was fun back then because we didn’t have to do it every day,” Partain said with a smile. “We spent a lot of time with them.
My grandpa was a lot of fun. He could make anything. He would buy several broken down bicycles at yard sales, take them home, take them apart and make one good bicycle. Riding those bicycles was a lot fun,” Partain said.
“I remember one time when he built at go-kart out of an old riding lawn mower. We used to drive it through the pasture. It didn’t go as fast as a regular go-kart but it was fun. It went as fast as it needed to,” Partain said.
“I remember when I ran it into the side of the barn one time. I forgot where the brake was. Grandpa was in the barn when I hit the side of it. He came running out real fast. I didn’t get hurt,” Partain said.
“I did a lot of stuff with my grandpa,” Partain said.
“I remember grandma would fix chocolate gravy and homemade biscuits then we would go play outside until lunchtime,” Partain said.
“I remember that my grandma made the most excellence sugar cookies,” Partain said.
“We would play in the barn, in the tree house then we would go in and eat lunch and we were back outside until dark,” Partain said
We were supposed to stay away from the creek but we would wade in the creek. It wasn’t deep enough to swim,” Partain said.
“We would try to sneak down and wade in the creek. Because we always went barefoot we thought no one would know but someone always fell in,” Partain said.
“I love to drive. I also like road trips, just get in my car and go. Sometimes we just go out and drive the back roads to see where they go. We don’t like to see a road and not know where it goes,” Partain said.
“There are some very interesting places around here. There are a lot of nice little creeks and streams. It is really pretty around here,” Partain said.
Partain said Rhianna and she are animal lovers.
“We have a Shih-Tzu name Molly and three cats, Tommy Bob, Eli, and Little Charlie Toebiter,” Partain said.
“Rhianna is like an animal whisper she attracts all kinds of things. We have had squirrels, opossums, and skunks. Right now we have an armadillo that lives in the yard. His name is Joe Fred,” Partain said.
“Eli can open doors. We have to keep all of the knobs on the gas stove in a drawer because Eli can also turn the stove on,” Partain said.
“I was in the kitchen one day doing something and I heard the burner on the gas stove come on. I turned to look and Eli was just sitting there looking at me,” Partain said.
“I have never seen him do it and I don’t know how he does it but now we keep the knobs in the drawer. Thankfully he has not learned how to open the refrigerator yet,” Partain said.
