Debbie Trendle:  

When I left high school in 1972, I had hoped to attend college in September, however, I was snatched up almost immediately by an insurance company and I grabbed the job. In the fall of 1973, three of my friends and I decided to see a little bit of the world. We ended up travelling to Spain and Africa for two weeks and had the best time of my life up until that time. Travelling got into my blood and I had decided I would see more of the world as soon as I could. I was at the insurance company for about 2 years when I had a great job thrown into my lap at the City Hall in Kitchener. I first started out in the City Clerk's Dept. and from there progressed to the Legal Dept. I worked my way through the department starting at the bottom and ending up working as the secretary to the City Solictor. I loved my job and was planning on making that my career of choice. However, after my second child, my husband wanted me to stay home with the kids. He had his own business and felt that I would be best suited there. Under a lot of apprehension, I decided that I would stay at home. Many times in hindsight, I wish I had stayed working, but that is the past and I made my decision. We never can predict what the future will unfold. I have not regretted being a stay-at-home mom - I worked part-time working on my husbands books, working at the market a couple times a week, joined a few committees and even became a girl guide leader. I did all those wonderful mom things like assisting in my kids classes, attending school trips, attending their baseball and soccer games, helping with their homework, attending dance classes and assisting with the making of dance costumes and attending Jui Jitsu classes with my son. These are such special memories that I will always hold dear to me. I also attended some part time college classes and proctered at the college. As a family, we did some extensive travelling in our motorhome throughout a lot of C...Expand for more