Courtney Fleming:  

After high school, I went to a small all girls college where riding horsing was the main objective, since I was scared of horses my grandma was hoping I would marry a VMI cadet like my Uncle who passed away (as it turns out close to same age and same way-car accident as my oldest son) fooled her though- came home played around a lot at the uptown and french quarter-somewhat Punk bars (had enough of Frat boys from W&L and Georgetown. Did meet a Loyola boy who was kind of alternative rock and a little punk rock- earring and big combat boots- who FOR THE RECORD is now a straight laced attorney who would die of embarrassment now if anyone knew he had an his ear pierced and wore dangling crosses and skulls. I was going to UNO and working at All American Jeans at Clearview Mall- anyone remember that store?, back when the mall had 3 or 4 customers a day, I did both of those things haphazzardly for about 10 yrs majoring mostly in art- with all the different classes I took I probably could of gotten a degree in History, English and Art, but.....Math and Science kicked my butt- also during that time I married my Loyola boy and had my first son, a beautiful red head on Halloween no less, after my husband graduated Loyola with a History degree, and realized you couldnt get a job unless you wanted to be a teacher, he went law school and I quit my going nowhere job to get another going nowhere job as recptionist/tech at a Drs office- that paid more. I worked with one of our former classmates for a few years-Ericka Isreal. Then after my husband graduated and got job for a few years working as an asst DA for Harry Connick he moved out to Jefferson Parish to work as a public defender and start his own practice (where he is basically his only employee, but happy and also very good at it in society containing an overabundance of lawyers and that is important-the happy part, too many work too hard and make too much money but don't enjoy and never see their families so what is the point) as a public defender he gets some high profile cases (one I wont mention but he is on the news a lot.) I could of gone back to school then but decided to have a bunch of babies instead (3 more- 1997 a girl-Madeline, 1998 a girl- Caroline, 1999 - a boy Joseph -who we call Jake) then we decided to do what all the kids my husband grew up with did and buy our house in the same neighborhood they grew up in -within walking distance of St Benilde Catholic church ( I never became Catholic- I will always be Episcopalian-whichis so similliar anyway,but will probably always go to the Catholic Church ...Expand for more