Pamela Anger:  

Hmm, how does one sum up nearly 30 years in a small space? After high school, I decided against further secretarial education, and worked as a secretary at various companies for 4 years. I did contemplate veterinary technician school, but unfortunately wasn't able to follow through at that time. During most of those years, I was in a relationship and engaged to someone, but ultimately realized that wasn't something I wanted to make permanent after all. We remain good friends, however, after all these years. In February, 1983, I met my husband Bill on a blind date, of all things, (yes, they do work!) while he was home on leave from the Marine Corps. We were married on New Year's Eve, 1983, after months of writing and 3 weeks together in October (how's that for a quickie courtship?) We moved to North Carolina shortly afterward. Our first child, Jason William, was born October 16, 1984. Complications with the birth (which I will forever blame on the naval hospital) ensured that we would never have more biological children. Almost immediately, we started the adoption process, and after waiting a couple of years because we weren't old enough to adopt, and moving back to Minnesota, our daugher arrived in July, 1987 at the age of 4 months. Kristen Jeanette Lee was born March 4, 1987 in Taegu, South Korea. We lived in a purchased tincan mobile home in Vadnais Heights for a few years, and bought our first house in St. Paul in '87, on Norton Street, where we lived for 10 years. I did home daycare during that time, while raising our own kids. Our kids attended St. Bernard's Grade School through 4th and 6th grades. We ultimately decided that moving out of the city was in the best interests of our kids, so we moved in 1997. Goodbye, North End .... hello, Lakes Area. We bought a 20 acre hobby farm in...Expand for more