Michele Bemis:  

Life After Cohoes, my husband and I spent 12 years in Wisconsin where I worked as a secretary before we had children. We moved to South Florida in 1978 (Ft. Lauderdale) and I was a stay-at-home Mom. When the girls were older, I went to work at a hotel as a catering assistant. I learned a lot and moved up to Catering Sales Manager and then Director of Catering. I was a "DOC" for various hotels for 16 years, but moved over from food & beverage to the room sales side as a Sales Manager. In October, 2004, I left the hotel and now work for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Basically I'm doing almost the same thing as when I worked in hotels except that I'm selling Greater Fort Lauderdale. So far it's awesome and the only thing I miss is the employee discount perk. But then, sometimes you have to give up something to get something! I have two beautiful daughters (Sarah in Charlotte and Jeanine in NYC) and two wonderful sons-in-law whom I love beyond belief. What more could one ask for........except grandchildren - and on March 7, 2005, that dream became a reality! Abigail Elise Coats was born and stole my heart!!! Then, on December 13, 2006, Sophie Elizabeth Garcia arrived and now I have two beautiful granddaughters to dote upon. They are so precious and I am thrilled beyond belief.....I only wish I lived closer to them. I'm hoping to move to out of South Florida one of these days, and hope to bring the rest of my family with me! I'm leaning towards the Carolinas as t...Expand for more