Helene O'connor:  

After OHS, I went to Sullivan Co. Community College then transferred to SUNY Fredonia 45 miles south of Buffalo. Cold country. I decided I did not want to be an English teacher after all . Got a job in NYC as a bookkeeper, didn't know anything but they were willing to teach me and I learned. After that I got a job at an advertising agency for book publishers. That's when my life changed. I learned a lot about advertising although I was still in the bookkeeping dept. I met the love of my life. He left the agency , we dated and then he moved to VA Beach. I followed a few months later and we were married in 1978. I got a job for a silk screening co. there. We moved from there to to of all places Hackensack, NJ. I started working for a Real Estate Management Co. and became the Supervisor over 8 Bookkeepers, not bad for an English major. In 1989 circumstances had us move to Santa Barbara, CA where I still am today. My husband Richard and I did a little traveling and we fully enjoyed our life together. We adopted a Calico ...Expand for more