Donnette Martelle:  

Life My husband Jeff and I reside in Longview, Washington. It is about 1.5 hours from Portland, Oregon. We moved here from Puyallup two years ago. Jeff was able to get a job at a computer company in Oregon. I travel to Tacoma (1.5 - 2 hrs each way) 2-3 times per week to Department of Social and Health Services. The rest of the week I stay with one of my supervisors or my sister and family. I have two sons, seven grandchildren, one dog, Dachshund named Brandy, one male cat, Keiki (kay-e-kee) or Bubba as his nickname, and a female cat named Maile (My-lee). I went back to school and obtained a B.S. in Psychology, an M.A. in Counseling Psyc, a certificate in Geriatric Mental Health Specialist, and almost finished my Ph.d. in Counseling Psyc, but had to drop out due to mitigating circumstances. I am back at school again to obtain a B.S. in Computer Information Systems. I enjoy learning and will be a career "student." I always wanted to be a writer when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were right. Well, circumstances have changed a little. My mother passed away a day before my birthday, became ill, went back to my old job with the state. In the interim, I was working close to where I live, but decided to back to my former job. Then a boulder hit me straight on the head. I became closer to the Lord. Imagine that!! I began writing lyrics to Christian music and Christian children's stories. I will be setting the words to mus...Expand for more