Wendie Berman:  

I live in NYC and Norwalk, Connecticut, near my daughter and my two grandchildren. I married when I was 22 and had twin daughters and ten years later, I had a son. We divorced in l988. When I was married, we lived all over the country- Washington, DC,Minneapolis, Los Angeles, McLean, Virginia and finally Port Washington. After I was divorced, I lived in Roslyn, Glen Cove and finally Norwalk. And then I got an apartment in NYC- which is where I'll be full time in a few years. I'm tired of moving. I went to Barnard College, NYU School of Education- and much later- to CW Post. I have masters in education and counseling and I worked as a guidance counselor in Copiague for a few years. Growing up in Hewlett Bay Park did not exactly prepare me for working in Copiague-I was clueless! My best job, however, was working for the Bide-a-Wee Home Association, running their Education and Outreach Program. I love animals, but I feel especially in tune with the people who consider themselves "dog people" or "cat people." It was a real privilege to work for Bide-a-Wee- its a first class organization. I stopped working when I moved to Norwalk. And I returned to my first love- which is the piano. I now go to the evening division of Julliard. I was a pretty good pianist when I was a kid-I loved my piano teacher, loved to practice- and then I got married a...Expand for more