Tamara McCauley:  

I have been married 26+ years. I have a son, Samuel, who lives in the Bay Area again and just turned 24. He is currently bouncing aimlessly through life (he has to grow up someday. Please, God. ) My daughter Faith is about to have her 20th birthday. She is a college sophmore planning to attend Chico State or Humboldt for premed next spring. She's my overachiever. She recently told me that she considered me her best friend even though she would feel like such a geek if her friends heard that. Thanks Faith. I think. My kids are the best thing I've ever done. My husband is an engineer and works at the same hospital I do (we helped open it in 2007). We married in Phoenix, AZ, promised we'd never live in California, moved there 6 months later (1985)--money talks. So, I live in the SF Bay area and one day, I woke up and was completely shocked: not only did I live in California but I actually created 2 Californians. Never thought that would happen. I would imagine a lot of us ended up surprising ourselves. Somehow, I moved to Phoenix with my brother, met my husband, moved back to his home town in the SF Bay Area, and my dad grew up less than 20 miles away--I live almost where he grew up and he lives where I was born. The world is indeed a very small place. Books, coffee and chocolate are my vices. I like to make things with my hands and garden. I give all new technical things like cell phones, microwaves and cameras to my daughter to program them--I don't have the patience for figuring them out and it seems like that generation was born genetically wired for it : ). My passions are school and nursing. My joy is my family and my work. Dressing up is fun sometimes but I like my Levis. I have about 18 months left until I get my Master's degree in nursing and then I am planning to pursue a doctorate in education. I love school. I will either go into nursing education or professional nursing development, not sure which one yet. I was a stay at home...Expand for more