Cynthia Hatton:  

I married very soon after high school to a preacher's son from Hawaii and a year later moved there. A year after that we had our first child which was followed by 2 more. Followed by divorce. I moved back to the mainland for a year and then went back to give the marriage 1 more shot but it didn't work. Left to Washington state and finished raising children. I now have 2 grand kids ages 2 and 8 who I just finished visiting in eastern Washington for the holidays. After my kids were grown I came back to Hawaii and became a Merchant Marine as part of the first fully American fagged cruise ship in fifty years. The "Pride of Aloha." I hurt my knee and ankle and no longer could do the climbing that was required and it wasn't operable so I took a job with a family here. I worked as housekeeper / childcare and was able to see a lot of wonderful things, had Lot's of experiences and met so many types of people from so many cultures and lifestyles that otherwise I might not have been able to. Life is a such an amazing kaleidoscope of stories and events! As the nanny, I've been to Italy, England, Ireland, Scotland, South America, seen glaciers, the Horn, Chile, Argentina, Patagonia,and more penguins, condors, emu, ostrich, lama's and their cousins, the beginning and the end of the world as claimed by two different countries. I got to explore some of our country like Boston, San Francisco, New York, California's wine country, and bit of Canada. I got to get know and care for people that I otherwise wouldn't have and had a great time knowing and loving some wonderful children. So all in all I've been blessed. I still see the children and will watch them as much as I can. I now watch 1 child and will be watching 3 more soon. I have a wonde...Expand for more