Robin Kelleher:  

Please note: I am not a member of ClassMates for probably petty reasons, but one of them is because they've managed to pick up photos I posted elsewhere (LOTS of photos of my house), which have nothing to do with my high school experiences and memories or yours! It's annoying for me and I can't blame you if you're annoyed, too. (Sorry!) And now ... onto my profile. ~~~ After partying through the summer of 1967, I went to Cal State Hayward where, despite intentions to the contrary, I focused on learning the game of Bridge while going to classes in English, Art, and Psychology now and then. I left school in the first semester of my junior year (I disagreed with how psychology was supposed to work) and got my first full-time job as a receptionist. My career took the path of "working girl moving up the ladder". I went from receptionist to secretary to administrative assistant, to Legal Director to VP Legal and Administration (in software companies) to marketing strategist, chief copywriter, designer, and CEO (at an ad agency). For health reasons, I retired in 2004 although I periodically helped my husband in his business. I moved to Los Angeles in 1970 (chasing a guy) and although his dad and I never married, my son, Sasha, was born in 1972 at 616 S. Wilton Avenue in LA: a home delivery in a house we shared with several other folks. When I was in labor, 5 housemates paced the kitchen floor. After Sasha's dad and I split up, I was a single mom until 1982 when I married Michael Stamm (Mr. Right). We eloped, Las Vegas style, opting for a no-frills wedding at the "Candlelight Wedding Chapel; Chapter of the Stars". We had a reception about a month later in LA to celebrate our marriage with friends and family. After Mike and I married, I accepted a job that was too good to refuse although it meant moving across the country. So we left LA in May of 1982 and landed in New Hampshire. In 1986, the company's shareholders (of which I was one) were bought out. By then, Mike and I had found a home we loved and decided to stay in New Hampshire rather than return to LA. I started a design company (desktop publishing) and Mike launched his second moving business. I built my business into a full-service marketing & advertising agency, and Mike built the "POSH" moving company in central NH (which is still going strong, although Mike stopped doing any heavy lifting in his 60s when he handled all the jobs a President does as well as hiring and initial training. His standards were exceptional, and thus the POSH reputation he built. In October 2000 (less than 3 months after my mom died of cancer) I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. In November 2006, I was diagnosed with a second breast cancer, albeit at Stage 0 (technically pre-cancerous). Both cancers were treated without chemotherapy, In November 2011 I had a third breast cancer in the irradiated breast (entirely different from the first two), and three years later I had yet another on the left side. I regret agreeing to radiation as treatment for my first episode. If you're interested in (a lot of reading about) what I've been through, I've written a blog from the 3rd breast cancer until now at breascancerredux.com In 2003, Sasha married his wife, Helen, and the two of them have given me the most beautiful grandsons any mom or Nana would ever hope for. I adore them all. In 2004 I began to have trouble with my left hip, and in April 2008 I finally had it replaced. I'm told I now need a new knee. I figure enough is enough, so I'm using alternative tre...Expand for more