I was born many moons ago in Camden, NJ, but spent my childhood in CT, in a historic town, Simsbury, where my parents built our house in a former cow pasture.  Definitely a Beaver Cleaver childhood.  I was into art, crafts, raising chickens for egg money, 4H, and cheerleading.  Went to U of Conn for BS in Physical Therapy, where I was photo editor of yearbook, worked on the newspaper, was head cheerleader and a sister of Pi Beta Phi, and did synchronized swimming. I even studied occasionally. Met my husband there, Tony, and after graduation, did the Air Force wife thing, running luncheons and coffees, editing officer’s wives publications, and trying to remember to say the right things to the Colonels and their wives.

We spent USAF time in Cal, Cape Cod, Texas, Germany, etc, and had 3 kids by the time he retiredand we settled in Simsbury, my old home town.  I Worked in all sorts of P.T. settings through the years, in both clinical and management, and acquired two more degrees, a Masters in Health Care Management, and one in Clinical Neurology.  With the kids through high school and the kids through college, we divorced, and I moved to Florida, coming back to Fort Walton Beach, where we had been stationed when the kids were young.  And here I still am…..still working in home health physical therapy PRN.  The kids now have kids, and I guess that makes me Granny.

Advice?  Keep your friends, and keep busy.  Never stop growing.  Read and listen to all sides of issues so your world view is rooted in something solid and not just an echo of what you’ve been told to believe.  When you see yourself getting in a rut, try something new…..paint, write, read, travel, sing, party, play. Dress up on Halloween. Try to stay healthy. And, tell the world how good it is to be  UU.