Margaret Little:  

My Mom didn't go back to school until she was 28, so the question wasn't "are you going to college?" it was "YOU ARE GOING TO COLLEGE!" She started me going to LDSBC the MONDAY after I graduated from high school. I went to LDSBC from 1985-1987 and then again 1989-1991. Between 1987-1989 I had 2 temporary jobs. After my Sister left the VAMC to work at Hercules, my Mom sent me to the VA to replace my Sister at Fee Services. After volunteering there for a year I was a Clinic Clerk for 6 months. After the VA I got a temprary job at Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) helping to develop a filing system for all of their sub stations. WAPA oversees all of the dams that generate electricity from the reservoirs like Lake Powell. I really should have went on a mission while I had all of that money but I chose to go back to LDSBC, pay for my own schooling and graduate this time! I earned an Associaties degree in Medical Assisting. My Mom thought that I got a certificate like her and my Sister did, so when it came to graduation day my Mom couldn't find my name and she was afraid that I didn't pass my classes. A friend of mine whom I invited to my graduation but I didn't expect to attend (not Lance) found my name and notified my Mom where my name was. She was totally shocked! When I applied for work after graduation all I did was collect a whole bunch of rejection letters because they said that I had no experience. Eventhough my Mom was married and had 2 kids she always had a big fear of being alone just like her Mom did which makes absolutely no sense to me. As a result I only had a few temporary jobs because Mom wanted someone to stay home with her because eventhough Dad had to retire from the UofU Radiobiology Lab when he was only 61 years old, he continued to work. For 3 years I worked in the LDS Church Membership as a Church Service Missionary which one of my neighbors recruited me for while he worked at the Church Office Building. When you get the inspiration to serve a mission, I strongly encourage anyone to go at the time you get the idea because it really screws up the order of things when you don't follow through with it. One of my other neighbors found out that my parents had a kid that wasn't working steady so she called me to help her with a bath 3x a week. After I had been helping her for 3 years she called her grand daughter in San Diego CA to come help her. Her grand daughter used to be a LPN but had a back injury that stopped her career, so she had some time on her hands anyway. The last 3 years I helped ...Expand for more