Barbara Martell:
CLASS OF 1971
Upper Dublin High SchoolClass of 1971
Ft. washington, PA
Framingham South High SchoolClass of 1971
Framingham, MA
Chatham Township High SchoolClass of 1971
Chatham, NJ
Barbara's Story
I went to 3 high schools in 4 years, so if I don't remember you....it's not personal ok? I then went to 2 colleges and got a degree in Math. Not so useful, but oh well. My father went into buy-fix and sell, so I joined him for a year, and that set a course for my life. A year later he stopped and I got my first customer in home renovation, which lasted the better part of 40 years. I was married for a short time and have been single ever since...waiting for my one and only. Found out I had to find myself first.....by a book Jesus sent through the mind of an agnostic woman. It took 15 reads, but it gave me a true sense of how the laws of the Universe pertain to each life. A few more books found me that added to the knowledge I had gained from the first book. Problem was, all that didn't mean much to most people's lives. That brought me to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity for 3 years. I set up jobs for the one-day volunteers, who...Expand for more
collectively said they didn't know they could do the things they'd just done. Aha. Then in '02 I lost all 4 types of employment I had in 48 hours. Aha, I said again....guess I'm not driving the bus....one of the hardest things I've ever done. That led to me losing my house....10,000 hours of work out the window. That led to stints in 2 different shelters, one in a rooming house and now I'm in senior housing. And I know, truly, that it was all part of a bigger plan. I had to learn there are two kinds of hell....the one we create for ourselves by how we think and the so-called devil in the plan. But with all the reading and all the training of my mind not to sabotage myself, I can now see that we stand at the doorway to what must be Heaven on Earth. I am grateful....and I am bitter....with God, but I am looking forward to the relationships that have been dusted off in this process and the plan we will bring for all who want to try.
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