I am the mother of seven children: two biological (a boy--man--age 35 and a daughter--woman--age 30; I also have been a foster mother since 1971 and have five adult foster children who chose to stay in my life. I have 11 grandchildren. I have a degree in literature and contemporary fiction and another one in psychology. I work with children with emotional disorders in a treatment program in a public school system. I am proudly owned by a crazy lab/greyhound mix and a chocolate lab, both pups under a year that get into everything!