Yohana Brown:  

Here it is 2008: thought I would change my life history a little bit... 1969 finished high school... married Doug Brown 1 month later. We had a fairly good life, I suppose. We had three kids (2 sons and a daughter) by the time I was twenty six. I basically was a stay at home mom till Nikki ( they youngest) was one year old. I went to work for Kmart at that time. I started out in the domestics department and worked myself up to Merchandise Manager ( assistant manager) It only took me six years to become an assistant manager. I had to get over being so shy. Of course, it helped that I loved ordering merchandise and watching it sell. I was good at it but after ten years, I had a run in with a district manager so I walked out. ( I basically had a nervous breakdown. Kmart was like my family. I poured my heart and soul into the company.) After three months of trying to recover from my hurt, I went to work for Wal-mart for about 1/3 of what I was making at Kmart. In other words, I started all over. Of course, I am good at what I do, so I was moved to the health and beauty aids department within a month. I straightened out the department and watched it make its first $2,000,000. the second year I was in the department. After four years in the health and beauty aids, department, they were going to give me the garden center too. ( I never was much on gardening. ) The pharmacy was needing some help so I asked to go over there. They took me in a heartbeat so I became a pharmacy technician. We had to get certified in 2000 so I am now a registered pharmacy technician. I love it. I enjoy people ( that comes from growing up in the truck stop at Arkansas Jct.) I get along with the elderly ( which helps when working in my position) Anyway, I am still with Wal-mart ( 19 years now) That is my work history. Doug and I were married for 32 years before he passed away in September of 2001 from lung cancer. After that, I had to learn to deal with things on my own. ( never had that before.) I thought I was lonely so I met a man on the internet ended up marrying him ( big mistake) He is a nice guy. I just should not have remarried. He ended up with another internet girlfriend... moved ...Expand for more