Kathleen Poirier:  

Life HELLO FELLOW CLASSMATES.....OLD FRIENDS........DIVORCED AFTER 26 YRS OF MARRIAGE AND MOVED TO SUNSHINE AND WARMTH 6 YRS AGO TO PORT CHARLOTTE , FLORIDA. YES, WHERE HURRICAINE CHARLEY HIT LAST YEAR BUT WE WERE ONE OF THE LUCKIER ONES. MY HOUSE STOOD ITS GROUND AS IT WAS NEWER. I DID SPEND TIME WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS HELPING THOSE WHO HAD LOST EVERYTHING. YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.....AFTER SEEING WHAT SO MANY LOST IN A FEW HOURS. I AM WORKING IN A SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MUCH LIKE THE ONE I LEFT IN GT. BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. MOST OF MY FELLOW WORKERS ARE FROM NEW ENGLAND AS WELL. I EVEN HAD PATIENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM PRECIOUS BLOOD...WHAT A SMALL WORLD DOWN HERE. WINTERS ARE THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR....NOT TO WORRY ABOUT SHOVELING SNOW AND THE COLD. RAINBOWS AFTER STORMS....AND SUCH A SHOW IN THE SKIES BEING THE LIGHTNING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. I WORK NOW DAYS IN THE ENDOSCOPY DEPT AND SOMETIMES POOL TO THE ER OR MED SURG. I HAD BEEN WORKING NIGHTS FOR 14 YRS UP NORTH IN THE ER...WHAT A CHANGE TO THE DAYTIME. I TRULY LOVE WHAT I DO. MY THREE SONS LIVE IN OTIS STILL...OLDEST MARRIED A SCHOOL TE...Expand for more