Christine Lever:  

Life I went to live in Cambridge, England with my family in 1969 and have never returned to Calgary. I hope to one day go for a holiday. I met my husband in England and soon after we were married we came to live in Australia. I am now divorced and live with my 18 year old son and my 7 year old foster son (who I am in the process of adopting). I live in a small town called Bulli (pronounced Bull-eye) which is on the east coast about 50 miles south of Sydney in New South Wales. The closest large town is Wollongong. I have lived here for 30 years. We live about a three minute walk from the beach. I like to walk along the beach, sit and read or play with my son making sandcastles. It isn't very developed along our stretch of coastline and is very pretty with the ocean, beach, some houses and then the rain forest escarpment. For most of my working life I have worked as the Medical Records Administrator at two local hospitals. I left all that behind a few years ago to become a foster carer. As a foster carer I have had 28 babies between newborn and 5 years old but now I have my 7 year old long term. Hopefully the adoption will go through later this year. We have three pets, a Cockatiel called Leo, a dog, Ally and a cat, Maggie who is huge and eats us out of house and home. I am in my third and final year at college. I have been doing Media studies and would like to do freelance writing. I like to write feature stories and articles. I am currently writing my life story which is taking on a life of its own because as I dig up memories others come to mind too and they aren't all happy ones. It is very cathart...Expand for more