Patricia Moriarty:  

I started working for the SocialSecurity Administration in1979. This was after I graduated from Wayne State and worked for the city of Detroit for a few years. I stayed single until I met the love of my life, Jim Moriarty. We met in 1990 and married in 2000 after what he refers to as a short courtship . We live in Clinton Township and I spend a lot of my time gardening and reading. I have three adult stepchildren and two beautiful grandchildren. To them, Jim is Papa and I am Babcia, the Polish name I called my grandmothers. Lauren is 13and Brendan is 10. DMy sister, Diane’s granddaughter, Kora, who is 11 sometimes joins us when Jim and I take care of them during the summer. I have lost both of my parents and two of my siblings. John died first at age 54, and Diane died at age 68 in 2016. I miss them all terribly but feel lucky to have two sibs still here, Lou who lives near Traverse City and Dori who lives in Grand Rapids. We all keep in touch. Since retiring in October 2014 I keep busy around the house and spending time with friends and my family. My husband retired in 2016 and we have been able to travel and spend a lot of time together, which I like. We plan to travel more and just do whatever we feel like doing. In April 2018, we planned a 2 week trip to Florida which turned out to be almost a month long. We were able to keep moving up our return date and the weather was glorious there and horrible in Michigan. Ah! Retirement! It's a funny thing. When I was a young woman, I just knew that I was going to marry, have kids, and be a teacher. That scenario was clear in my mi...Expand for more