I have been blessed to have all three sisters and my parents end up in the Houston area and close by.

I have a daughter and son who both graduated from UT Austin. And yes, my daughter's children learned to give the "hook'em horns" sign at an early age! !

My daughter, Laura, married Andrew, a native Houstonian in 2000 and they have blessed me with Lily & Colin, who are my pride and joy.

My son, Justin married Suzy, a native of the Fort Worth area in 2007, and they hopefully will start a family soon. After graduating from UT, Justin moved to San Francisco where he stayed until early 2007 when he finally returned to Houston.

I have been single since 1989 . . . my how time flies when you are having fun! ! I was a stay at home Mom until I divorced, except for a couple of years when I was a real estate agent. In 1990, I started working for DHL Worldwide Express for over 10 years. The past 5 years, I have worked for Hanover Compression. In 2007, Hanover merged with Universal Compression (our biggest competitor), and the new company was named Exterran.

Two years ago, I moved to The Woodlands, which is approximately 40 miles north of downtown Houston on I-45. I love all the trees & the conveniences that are within a short drive of home, except for work where I spend an average of one and a half hours a day commuting. That will shorten in a couple of months when we relocate our corporate office to the Greenspoint area off I-45.