Linda Chiolero:  

Life I am happily married to a wonderful man; we have been together for twenty-eight years now. My Husband is the Father to 4 grown children who are my dear friends. We are blessed that my Step-Children have given us 10 Grandchildren, and 5 Great-grandchildren. I am the proud "Mother", to a beautiful 11 year old black cocker spaniel named Jasmine, and two short-haired cats, an arrogant gray tabby named Thelma, and Blackie a domestic short hair - a beautiful lovey black kitty. They were both strays that we found and fell in love with, and adopted each other. College I graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education, majoring in Speech / Theater / Telecommunications; and minored in English and Anthropology. In my mid thirties, I went back to college to pursue an MBA at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. After taking a few courses, it helped me get a new and better job. However, the time demands of the new position as Corporate Payroll Manager with Purdue Pharma, made it impossible to continue work on the MBA. Workplace After college, I worked as a substitute teacher for a while (primarily at Maconaquah HS in Peru where I did my student teaching), and found out I did not enjoy it as a career. I then joined Olin Corporation in Peru, IN working in the office Production Department. After four years, I was promoted to its corporate headquarters in Stamford, CT and worked within their Finance Department for 9 years. Stamford was such a different world than Kokomo. I went from living is one of the most affordable places in the US, to on...Expand for more