Monique Ray:  

Life Well let's see....I have been married 15 years this month. To a great guy I met in the Navy. We have a 14 year old son a 8 year old son and a 7 year old son and one truly bizarre cat! My husband is a dedicated fighting Seabee (naval construction team) he is still active duty and will be reaching his 16th year in Nov. 06. My husband was in Iraq for 9 months at the onset of the war...It was the hardest thing I have ever lived through in my life keep in mind that seabees until recently had a 7/7 duty 7 months deployment overseas 7 months home. This was the first time that my husbands life has ever been in danger. My life has centered around my husband and my children for this time I don't think I ever wanted to be more than supermom/wife. One of the those women who learned a lot just to make sure she could keep up with her children..... School Never had much of a crush on anyone in high school. There some nice and not so nice people at Jefferson High School. My 3 all time favorite teachers were Mrs. Cooper for English, Mrs. Froebe and Mrs. Crosby for the Financial services academy. Workplace Before we transferred back to Portland Oregon for my husbands turn at recruiter duty I was the group reservations clerk for the Port Hueneme BOQ. For anyone who might be a government employee or military. That means when you had schools (DAU) or training courses in large classes or commands you had to call me first. I loved the job because (yes I am bragging!) I was really good at it. Unfortunately I transferred in the middle of being asked to take the supervisory position but where my man goes I will follow. That's the way a military marriage survives. Sacrifice, Sacrifice, Love and Sacrifice until the big 20 and then you get a shot and settling down... I currently work from home as a finance specialist for a finance company. It is boring and repetitive but I love it becau...Expand for more