Theresa Danner:  

Life Hi! I'm excited to maybe connect with folks who might now live in Northern VA. After college, I worked in a law firm in downtown Norfolk for awhile, and met my husband David at church. We're married over 20 years now! We have four kids ages 20 down to 3, three girls and then finally a boy, including a 9-year-old daughter who has Down syndrome, Maria. She can read (I started teaching her at age 4) but is not yet potty-trained! Every day is an adventure. My oldest, Katie, is a sophomore at Wm & Mary, and was a valedictorian at her high school. My second daughter, 18, is great with art and animals but has had struggles with depression. She's improved right now. I've worked sometimes, especially in Wisconsin, where we lived for 15 years, but mostly I've done a great deal of volunteer and advocacy work. In Wisconsin, I was on the State Board of the Womens' Clubs group and actually formed a new club in my area. I did many school and volunteer jobs, including Meals on Wheels, taking library books to elderly in 4 cities and was President of the local Newcomers Club for several years. Once Maria was born, I turned a lot of my attention to her care and eventually served on a County disability board, where I became active in the political advocacy movement for disabilities. I wrote a press release on a major issue and did about 10 newspaper interviews and about 5 TV interviews and started speaking at county and state budget meetings, where I became well-known to state politicians. That led to joining many state committees as a parent rep, etc. I also became the local contact person for new parents of babies with Down syndrome and led a large support/ playgroup for them. My husband was a Navy reservist was who mobilized for the war, was gone for about 1 1/2 years, and then decided to give up his law practice upon his return and come back to Virginia to work at the Pentagon. We're in Fairfax County, where I'm getting more invol...Expand for more