Darlene Dowdy:  

I had one world wind life. I moved from Reading back in 1981 and I went to Charlotte, NC; from there I moved to Ft. Lewis Washington and worked for the Army as a civilian government worker. I then went to Germany for well over 10 years and married into the Air Force where I was an Officer's wife. Now divorced. I learned to speak 7 different languages, Russian, German, (and not the German we all took in school the real language), Belgium, Italian, Ceck, Spanish and not the one we learned in school either because I tried to use it in Spain and they put me straight, they are not Hispanics, they are Spaniard's and you better learn correct Spanish they speak, I offended them. I still live in the 60's, 70's and 80's music and my kids hate it, lol. Who would have guessed that I would attend the University of Colorado in Denver and obtain my accounting degree as well as a nursing license. I used my degrees overseas but I wanted more. I now have a Master's in Forensic Accounting. I had my own Italian bakery in Europe and was highly successful, I still wanted more. I went back to school to get a Bachelor's degre...Expand for more