Donna Newell:  

Life My first husband by whom I have 2 grown sons, passed away. I have been remarried to the most wonderful man who is my Santa Claus & looks like him too, for almost 14 years now. He has 2 grown adopted sons and a beautiful 24 year old daughter whom I have raised since she was 11. We live in West Mobile, & are wondrously happy. My husband is the New Business Estimator for Bender Ship Building & I am a retired legal secretary. Two of our sons are married & I have two step-grand-daughters. One a 16 yr. old red head, and one a 11 yr. old blond. I don't spoil them much. LOL (Oh no, not me. I just love them rotten.) And in October following Hurricane Katrina we finally got a boy. Gabriel blew his horn to announce his very early birth at 3 lbs. 3 oz. He's so fine! My oldest son and his German wife live in Switzerland, and are world travelers. My son is the Senior Business Analyst for Development IT - Account Management Dept. of Novartis Pharma AG Companies in Switzerland. Their complex is a small city. His wife Berna works for Novartis in their Human Resources Dept. His wife came to the US as the Southeast Manager for a major Auditing Firm, specializing in International Taxes. The Lord saved them from 9/11. That is quite a story! My oldest step-son lives in Gallatin, TN, right out of Nashville and trades rare coins and collectables. My step-daughter had worked for an automobile parts production company, then owned a collectables store which her brother helped her run. However, Kari moved back to Mobile in December and now lives with us. She got a job at Bender Shipbuilding where her Dad works and she has made excellent progress there. She is an Auditor for the Human Resources Dept. making sure no one punches in for someone else, everyone has their greencard, no one works off the clock, or takes longer breaks than they are entitled to. They also have to be sure no one works for someone else, so that they do their own shift swapping. She ha...Expand for more