Cecelia Eggers:  

I left Sylmar in 1974 and moved to the beach. I spent my 20's in Belmont Shores, CA, just north of Seal Beach. It was a great place to live and I always said I would live there forever unless I left California. I made the big move in 1982 to Juneau, Alaska and have now been here for 37 years, half my life as of April 2011. I had worked for the travel industry in California as a tour director (on day tours of Southern California, and 2 week tours of the Southwestern U.S by bus.) and a travel agent on Wilshire Blvd. The travel agency sent me to Alaska for 4 days to learn about it so I could sell trips to our clients...Well...5 months later I moved here. I worked for a tour company the first summer (Juneau is a major cruise ship destination, in fact if you are ever here on a cruise and come to Juneau, call me and I will give you the local's tour, (Message me and I will send you my phone number.) In December of 1982 I started working for Western Airlines, we merged with Delta Airlines in 1987. I was a customer service agent (ticket agent at the airport) for 8 years until I quit to raise my son, Thomas, born in 1990. I met my husband on an airline flight into Juneau, we sat next to each other, and got married in September of 1987. I stayed home with our little boy for 7 years and then started substitute teaching at his school when he was in 1st grade. I subbed for 10 years. When Thomas was a sophomore, I become a high school volunteer. Thomas still liked to have me around and he was very involved with the theater and music departments at Juneau-Douglas High. He played violin in the Chamber Orchestra, sang in the Choir, acted in the plays and musicals. Over the last 3 years of his high school career, they did productions of "Into the Woods", "M*A*S*H", "Les Miserables" the musical with 75 cast members, Jekyll & Hyde (57 cast members), Auntie Mame and two children's play," Alexander, and the Terri...Expand for more