| Besides being the Mother
of a beautiful daughter, I also had a career which began in the insurance
business as an office assistant. I expanded my knowledge into
personal lines underwriting. In the early 70s, I stepped out on my
own, when I bought a dry cleaning plant and ran that business for eight
years. The hassles of the self-employed encouraged me to
"get a real job," which was in banking. |
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In 1987, I was honored as
Banker of the Year for Texas Commerce Bank - Garland. I transferred
to the Dallas branch of Chase Bank where I soon was promoted to Banking
Officer. I held the position of Operation Unit Manager in the Credit
Department when I retired. |
| There is more to my life
than my work. My interests outside of a job are numerous, but I will
only mention a few. Let me first tell you how much I enjoyed taking
painting lessons from Molly Walls. Take a peek at a few of my very
own oil paintings by clicking on the "Mission" painting. |
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One
morning over coffee, a friend recounted a story of a fellow “soccer mom”
who had just written and published her first novel.
My friend asked the "soccer mom" how she did that.
She told her she used a computer to write her story.
I thought to myself, “I have one of those” (computer, that is),
and two
years later, I completed my first fiction novel, Lansing Lost.
Click on the picture to the left for a preview of this novel. |
| My interests include
ceramics, quilting, and all types of arts and crafts. Each
year I enter at least one item in the Van Zandt County Fair. Take a
look at some of my ribbon winning entries by clicking on the fairgrounds
picture. |
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