Margaret Sutphin:  

Margaret is from Vienna, Virginia. She is in a domestic partnership. Her schools include Oakton High School. She works(ed) at Science Applications International Corporation. One of Margaret's favorite quotes is:""Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - Buddha". More about Margaret:"I was born, cried alot and dirtied some diapers. The first two or three years of my life I spent my days following my older siblings wherever they went. Tommy and Betty were extremely close and perhaps now, looking back, neither one of them were thrilled with the prospect of a new family member (me). Family lore is that they had been longing for a dog. After a couple of years they realized that I wasn't going anywhere. Whatever misgivings they initially had with my existence seemed to be put aside and I was finally included in their fun --- I was invited to watch them from afar as they played their games --- as long as I didn't utter a word. I now believe their act of kindness was a ploy to lower my defenses. I also suspect that while I was napping they discussed my future, or rather my lack of future with the family. I have an early memory of being held by my feet over a porch railing; looking down the 30/40 feet towards the freshly mowed lawn. Oh, excuse me, that was on our family visit to Bellmore, NY to visit Aunt Winty and family. I was being held by my ankles from Aunt Winty's second floor deck just above the hard cement driveway below. It was the porch railing of our third floor apartment in Alexandria, VA that I was dangled from with the view of the green grass that was to soften my landing. I survived that little mishap and around my 5th birthday was enrolled in the local Catholic elementary school. The nuns in the long black and white habits terrified me, but I am very proud to have escaped the ruler/knuckle threats during my seven year stay. I do admit the ladies influenced my sense of style; I still love to dress in black with a little white accent. I sometimes have the desire to slip a rosary a...Expand for more