Barbara MacConnell-Dyment:  

Life After finishing High School, I went on to 1-year Secretarial Program at Dartmouth Vocational, then to the Data Processing Technology Program at DRVS. I started working at The Hardman Group in Halifax, then moved to Marketing Support Representative with Oliveti Canada in Dartmouth. I got married in 1987 and lived in Cole Harbour, Dartmouth before moving to Lahr, Germany in 1988, where our marriage quickly went sour. I moved out and lived with roommates, and then by myself on the economy and continued working full-time as Data Centre Manager at the Kaserne and travelling around Europe (and Africa!!), before returning to Nova Scotia in 1992 and obtaining my final divorce papers. I quickly obtained employment with Revenue Canada (1992), and moved from Dartmouth to Ottawa (1993) to Prince Edward Island (1993), where I continue to work for CRA in Summerside in the IT field. I met my husband, Leigh - an Islander -here in 1994 and married in 1995. We have two beautiful children, a girl born in 2000 and a boy born in 2001. After a short search starting in 1998, I found my biological mother and father in the fall of 2000 and discovered I also have full biological twin sisters, 3 1/2 years younger than me. I have met all of my "new" fami...Expand for more