Cindy Lusk:  

Wow... where to begin? Hmmm... well, I had two jobs plus went to school four hours per day the last six months of high school (yup, K-Mart and M. Price Distributing). After graduating, I dropped M. Price because it was boring and tried to have a little fun over the summer while still keeping my K-Mart job. Believe it or not, that place was a riot and a good time was had by all!!! I lasted maybe a month at Tommy-Tech when fall courses began and I hated it. After cashing my books in for a quick buck I interviewed for a sales position at Beautiful Bedrooms in Coliseum Mall and got the job. Back in the day it was strictly waterbeds and I loved it. I got married (the first time) in 1984 to a guy I met while working at the Big K, Will Conley. He ended up at Beautiful Bedrooms, too, managing the Denbigh location. The following year we had our first child. Over the next few years we had two more children, both daughters, and ended up buying the Va. Beach Beautiful Bedrooms location. At 21, I was the "youngest furniture retailer in America." Blah, blah, blah... by 1991, Will and I had separated and sold the store but remained great friends and continued raising the kids with joint custody. Never before and never since have I truly seen 2 divorced parents put the kids first and do what was best for them over anyone and/or anything else... until Will and I did. That may be the thing I am most proud of, even though our perfect situation would change around 1993:( I guess a few years was better than none, huh? Will and I (just like my sister...Expand for more