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But then there's my husband. He's always been a lawyer, and always will be. I doubt he'll ever even retire.

But me-I'm a thousand breezes blowing. I've been fortunate enough in my life-not to always have to have a steady job, in order to survive. (Though for my first marriage, I surely did.) Our story was much like Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw in Love Story. Peanut butter sandwiches, fish-sticks, hot dogs, noodles, and a movie or McDonald's on the weekend...but never both. It was a difficult existence, but in the beginning we were so starry-eyed and in love, that we didn't notice the struggle. But it got really old living like that about the 7th year. That was when we got a divorce. (It's a long story for another day.)

At any rate, I've worked as a clerk typist for the government, I've been a nursery worker, had a childcare business at home, was a professional singer, a cocktail waitress, worked as office manager in my husband's law office, and was a Christian radio DJ. (That was my all time favorite.) That led to me writing and recording my own radio show for nine years, called "Love Notes." That was the most creative and fun job (or ministry) that I've ever had. I hope someday that I can do radio again, because I absolutely love it! Another activity I've enjoyed was being the Captain of the Sign Team in our church, years ago. We would use sign language to Christian music, as a form of expressive worship. It was beautiful. And it was meant to be the art form of the sign language, not word for word, like for the deaf. (Almost like dancing with your hands.) But we even had a deaf man on the team for awhile. Later, I taught a Ladies Expressive Worship School. That was really fulfilling also. I loved teaching them what I had learned, and several went on to take that form of worship to their churches.

My husband and I owned a Christian coffeehouse, Crossroads, for 4 years. We sang there on the weekends, and held a Bible study on Sunday evenings. While we were there, our former pastor, L.M. Thorne, came to the coffeehouse and ordained us as ministers. We are Charismatic Christians (Spirit-Filled). We believe in all the gifts of the Spirit.

But after 4 years, we had to sell the coffeehouse. We couldn't make enough money to keep it open. Once when I was crying about all the money we'd lost, a friend said, "Don't cry. Just be glad you had that much to lose." Say what? (Well, I never thought of it that way.)

For about 3 years, I was a poster, and later a Moderator on a Grief

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