Kathleen Black:  

I'm not much of a cyber person so that's why you have all lost track of me. I do have an email. I live in Cottage Grove, OR, just south of Eugene. My adult children are Keeley and Noel. One lives in Eugene and the other in Seattle. I've retired from teaching . My interests are sewing/quilting/crafting, gardening, water aerobics, reading, crosswords and such. I think my greatest calling is helping others. I taught children with special needs for 22 years. I didn't end up in teaching directly but discovered I had quite a talent for it. . Currently I'm involved with an association I'd like everyone to know about. It's called NAMI which stands for National Allliance on Mental Illness. This organization is primarily for the support and education of folks who have a relative or spouse with a mental illness. It is a national organization with goals to eliminate the stigma of a brain illness and to educate the masses, one person at a time, to understand about brain illnesses and to encourage compassion for people who have them. Folks who belong to this group are advocates for those who have these illnesses. That is what I am and what I believe in. I do love to travel but ...Expand for more