NAME: Rhonda Goucher.

BIRTHPLACE: San Antonio, Texas. YEARS IN LEXINGTON AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY: 23. years THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN LEXINGTON IS: It’s friendly.

YOUR OCCUPATION: Semi-retired Bookkeeper.

WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP: A grandma.

FIRST JOB: Babysitting. YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Spending time with cousins and grandparents.

THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN: I became a grandma.

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Forgetting peoples’ names.

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS: Loyalty.

YOUR GREATEST FEAR IS: Outliving my children, grands and great-grandchildren.

I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO: Stop laughing.

I’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO: Stop talking.

IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD: Take care of those that I can and the Margaret Gray Center.

MY DREAM TRIP WOULD BE TO: Harry Potter land with all of my babies.

HOBBIES: Watching movies. FAVORITE BAND OR MUSICIAN: Elton John and Ozzy Osborne.

FAVORITE MOVIE: The Wizard of Oz.

FAVORITE DRINK: Fireball coffee. FAVORITE SNACK: Peppermint bark.

FAVORITE CANDY: Peppermint. FUTURE GOAL: Watch my grands and great-grands thrive.

WHICH PERSON DO YOU ADMIRE MOST: Erma Bombeck.

ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF: Laugh more.

WORDS TO LIVE BY: Live, love and laugh louder and take things one day at a time. If you didn’t like your past, don’t put it on others. Do better.