1. First job was at a local ice cream parlor in high school.
2. Next was in a bookstore.
3. Secretarial work at a university and then a bank.
4. Best labor of all — giving birth to Maribeth and Kevin! Hooray!
5. So much fun staying at home with them in their early years. Sesame Street, strollers, library story hours, playing on the floor — being with them was a labor of love during what I call “My Glory Years!”
6. When they were older, it was Sears, part-time.
7. Then had my own needlework store, Threadbender’s, for about 6 years.
8. Worked at my sister’s bookstore for a while.
9. Onto an advertising agency.
10. Working in various bookstores for almost 20 years.
11. Amazingly into the mental health field, which was beyond my wildest dreams!
12. Now semi-retired, volunteering in an art gallery, a library, a performing arts center, a Threshold Choir (we sing for people in palliative and hospice care), facilitating at local crisis centers for teens, and spending time with grandsons and family. Hooray! Yippee yo yo YO!

Happy Labor Day!