Cathy Cooper:  

Life I've been living in a suburb of Cincinnati since 1990. Got my Associates Degree at TCC in 1981; worked as an Occupational Therapy Assistant at Oak Forest Hospital for 3 years. Got my BA in Psychology in 2003. Worked on the Psych Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for 22 years before retiring in 2016. Two kids - son Rory was born in 1985 and graduated from OSU with a degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering. He has lived in Columbus OH, Evanston IL, and now Pompano Beach FL. He is the amazing dad of my only granddaughter, Erin, who was born on 4/5/2011. My daughter Alicia was born in 1988. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2011 with her BSW and from OSU in 2012 with her Masters in Social Work. She lives on the North Side of Chicago with husband Matt and works at the Chicago Food Depository with the agencies that serve children and youth. I also have 3 wonderful stepsons and 5 precious step-grandchildren. What a beautiful family - I am so blessed! Married to Jim Cooper in 1996. He was an Electrical Engineer but retired in 2013. We met doing music at church. I converted to Catholicism in 1993 (sorry Ivanhoe Methodist Church!). I am a cantor (songleader/soloist) and Jim is a guitarist/singer at St. Michael Church in Sharonville OH. Our favorite activity is traveling. Our favorite vacation spot is in Costa Rica (we've been there 8 times) but we have also suffered through St. Kitts (6 times), Puerto Vallarta (5 times), Hawaii (twice), Aruba, Barbados, St. John USVI, Cabo, etc. Not usually cruisers but we have gone through the P...Expand for more