Theresa Connelly-Kavanagh:  

I spent my years since graduating in 1971 traveling, trying different careers, living in Washington, DC, Maryland, New York and Florida and experiencing all that life had to offer. I have worked primarily in the retail field. I have been employed by Britches of Georgetown, Saks Fifth Avenue, Williams-Sonoma, Lord & Taylor & Macy’s just to name a few. I have been married since July 1995 and resided in New Jersey before moving to Emerald Isle, NC in 2012. I couldn't have chosen a more beautiful place to spend the rest of my life, here on an island! So very blessed! I survived the wild times of my youth to be a woman who loves life. *Hurricane Florence 9/13/2018* Our island took a hard hit. She was on tap to be a CAT 4 but hit as a high end CAT 1. She hovered over our town and chewed just about everything to bits. If we heard 1,000 times we heard 1,101 times, "You'll never get water as high up as your are." Well, you know what they say, "Never say never!" We got 21"'s of water from a combo of storm surge from the Bogue Sound & rain in our garage. While it was in there it acted like a washing mac...Expand for more