Maribeth Deese:  

Since graduating from C.V.H.S. in June 1968 I have lived in PA, CT, MA, CO, CA, WA, Oaxaca Mexico, NC, and now TX. I have 3 sons currently 31, 29, and 24. I received a B.A. in English in 2002 and a Masters in English in 2006. I have worked for the School of Business at the University of Texas at Brownsville since June of 2002. My husband and I just celebrated 30 years of marriage and we My husband plan to retire to Oaxaca Mexico in June 2013. We are currently reconstructing an old adobe bodega (warehouse) into a home. We have been visisting the same friends and towns in southern Mexico twice a year for the past 16 years. We've managed to learn enough Spanish to live there comfortably and happily. I always wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. I dropped out of nursing school after a year and didn't return to college until after my sons were in elementary school. My favorite form of exercise ...Expand for more