Born in Memphis Tennessee. Worked as a long distance operator at age 17-23 for Southern Belle/AT&T while attending Memphis State University. Met my husband in a community theatre production of "Anything Goes". That "backstage romance" has lasted for almost 40 years (celebrating our 37th anniversary in Sept.'07). Moved to Phoenix in 1972. We have a son,Ted 36, married with a 4 year old daughter, and a daughter, Mary,32,married with a 12 year old daughter. Our 4 year old granddaughter speaks both Polish and English fluently. Our 12 year old granddaughter is a gifted student, one of the top players in her age group in AZ girls' soccer and musically talented. Music has always been an important part of my life. My husband travels a lot in his job and I have gone all over the world with him, London, Paris, Tokyo, for weeks at a time. All of our children and grandchildren live within 5-10 minutes of us. I make frequent trips to Memphis to see family. My mother (86 this month) and most of my family ((brother, sister nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins) all live there.