Linda Bell:  

After graduation I worked in Insurance for awhile, even got my brokers license. Then in the fall of 78 I met my husband - we married in Jan 79. Dennis, my husband, was in the Air Force and living in San Antonio, Tx. So I married and moved to San Antonio. I did not go back to work at that point as Dennis had a 7 yr old daughter who came to live with us 6 months later. Yes, I have a stepdaughter who couldn't be anymore my own daughter than if I had her myself! In 1981, we had our son, David, and when he was 8 months old we moved to Hawaii for 4 years. After that we came back to San Antonio and it has been home ever since. My husband had a 20 year career with the Air Force, retired and started a new career working for the government at Randolph Air Force Base as a Systems Analyst. I stayed home for many years taking care of the house and the kids, but eventually went back to work at a few odd jobs - I taught folk art painting for awhile (something I picked up while living in Hawaii), was an Office Manager for Naturalizer of Texas for awhile, and then eventually ended up working for our school district for 10 years before I decided to quit and go back to school. I then attended St. Philips College and got my Associates of Applied Science in Health Information Technology Degree. During that time, however, my husband got a job promotion that actually allowed me to 'retire!' Also, we have 3 grandchildren (a...Expand for more