Billie Mack:  

If I got honest and shared my story, you would see a life much like a soap opera. Like the soaps, it involved getting married, getting divorced, having children, and working hard. There were lots of music festivals, camping and fishing trips. Our family became "host family" for students for about five years. They were mainly from Japan. Once we had four students living with us. One of them had an "emergency" host family need. Her host family wasn't working out and she couldn't handle going to McDonald's every night. I worked as a Legal Secretary for 15 years. My training was given by the Office Manager who was 86 years old. She had been my mentor and a great inspiration for older employees. She was a good example that a person could enjoy working for many years. Once I was allowed to create a position as a "Work Flow Coordinator" for a 30-attorney law firm That was a challenge but I enjoyed the interaction with staff and covering the lawyers' workload. When secretaries were ill or had vacation time, I would "spread" the work with other in-house secretaries or find temporaries from agencies. I actually used my shorthand skills at that law firm. (Reading it later was a different story since it had been years without use.) I just realized that all I'm doing is giving you my resume rather than personal stories. Gee, do you think I'm avoiding personal life subjects! Just remember Liz Taylor's life without the "acting ability, the looks or the money." It was mainly chaos and drama. Ok, here's something personal. One law firm allowed me to organize a new baseball league that was named the ...Expand for more