Barbara Silverman:  

I always wanted to be a Fire Fighter when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a weird idea. As it turns out, they were wrong and I followed my dream. As well as a Paramedic then I went back to college and became an Rn an worked as a Traveling Surgical Intesive Care Nurse. Now I'm retired and helping a friend from New Morning High School with a sign business and flea market in Winston Salem NC UPDATE: I have moved from Winston Salem to Versailles Indiana in order to concentrate on running my flea market antique business. In the middle of all that I married a few times eventually finding the love of my life unfortunately losing him a few years ago after many wonderful loving years running a dixieland jazz band together. I love to blow off steam by going antiquing for salt glaze pottery at flea markets and shooting my blackpowder rifles. Several months out of the year I spend on the road living in an old converted school bus selling antiques and used books at flea markets in the mid west. See my photo album for pictures of my bus. My hero is my Daughter. she has dealt with me for a biological mother. and all that means. LOL Having her father die at such a young age and yet she has excelled to graduate from college at 21 and a plan for her future. A strong modern woman standing on her own feet. Since High School I've lived: in Boston where I went to college the first time; East Lansing Michigan where I worked for Dominos Pizza; Dayton Ohio where I was a Fire Fighter,; Los Angeles California where I worked construction, became a nurse and worked at LA County USC Medical Center; Durham NC where I worked at duke University; Honolulu Hi where I worked as ...Expand for more