After graduating from Buffalo State, I went on to Penn State, where I earned an M.Ed. My first teaching job was in Kenmore, N.Y., where I stayed for two years. I then moved to Rochester where I met my husband and, after a long courtship, we married in 1975. Four years later, our first son, Matthew arrived, followed two years later by Brian, and 6 years later by our daughter Katie.

Along the way, we lived in the Philadelphia area, the Pittsburg area, and finally came to Gainesville, Fla. (Go Gators!) We have lived in Gainesville for 20 years and love the small college town and the warm weather. I was very fortunate to be a stay-at-home mom for ten years. But the birth of our third child put a strain on the budget and I returned to teaching when she was 2 years old. Since then, I have worked at a center school for severely emotionally disturbed children in grades K-12. I am currently the media specialist, librarian, and tech person.

My oldest son is 36 and works for Transwestern Publishing, using a little of his graphic arts training, but is now a sales manager. My second son Brian is 34 and, after a few years off, he has returned to study Internet security and programming. Katie is 28 and attended the University of North Florida. My husband of 30 years is a financial planner. We moved around as he worked his way up in the health insurance business, but after we lived in Gainesville for a few years we decided we did not want to move anymore. He gave up health insurance and now works for Met Life Resources.

2015 Update:   I'm retired and living in a beautiful Del Webb community (55+) and loving every minute. Since retiring in 2013 my husband Tom and I have traveled to Alaska, Europe (Viking River Cruise), and also the New England States and the Adirondack region where we relived our days as children and family vacations and skiing in the early days of our marriage.. This year we are spending a week in St. Maarten and are looking into a trip to Ireland.

Life at Del Webb is very busy. I play canasta, mahjong, and bridge. We also are involved in dinner club, wine club and our neighborhood social group. My days are very busy.

I have three wonderful children and 1 1/2 grandchildren with the next one due in September. I worked as a teacher for 22 years here in Florida, special education with behavior disordered kids. Married to Tom Frank.