title: MEMORIES OF MY LIFE JOURNEY: Caroline's Thoughts
author: B. Mrs
description: I was born and raised in rural New York for the first eighteen years. It was a great time and place to grow up. In 1956 I married my high school sweetheart. He was in the Navy. We spent the next two years in an 8'X28' trailer on the Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Before Castro). We had one son there. In 1958 Dick was discharged and we lived near Utica, N.Y. Here we had two more sons, bought our first new car and our first house. His job transferred him to Baltimore, Md. In 1966 I started driving a school bus for Baltimore County. All three boys were in school and it was a perfect part-time job for a Mom. I loved all the kid 's and the feeling of driving a 72 passenger bus. In 1970 we moved to Massachusetts and I continued to drive bus until 1991. In 1992 I drove in Connecticut for l4 more years. My temporary job lasted for forty years. I did a lot of volunteering and fund raisers over the years for the boys' activities. Always with a book nearby. We lost our middle son and a granddaughter to suicide. This tragedy either unites you or pulls you apart. Thankfully I married my best friend and we are surviving thanks to our family, friends, church, Lion's Club and other community activities. I still drive a mini bus for the Senior Center in town. In September of each year since 1988 I drive a shuttle van for the Lion's Club Chicken BBQ project at the local Big E fairgrounds. I am fortunate to have good health. My husband of 61 years and I have traveled to all 50 states, Europe and several Caribbean Islands. Our favorite vacations have been a cruise to the Panama Canal and to Alaska. I always have a book with me. I hope you enjoy my book!
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  # Catching Caroline
  
  
  by
  
  
  Sylvia Day
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  Published by Sylvia Day
  
  
  ePub ISBN: 978-0-982-85710-6
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Catching Caroline
  
  
  Copyright 2005 by Sylvia Day
  
  
  (Edited by Karin Story)
  
  
    
  
  
  Excerpt from Bad Boys Ahoy! copyright 2006 by Sylvia Day
  
  
  Excerpt from Pride and Pleasure copyright 2011 by Sylvia Day
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and
  incidents are products of the author's imagination, or have been used
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