tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239469568406697546.post2115388912050307139..comments2023-06-10T04:51:37.296-04:00Comments on Ecocatwoman: Women CAN do anything!Connie, Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03352603326494248659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239469568406697546.post-25083765972884261502010-03-13T21:44:18.691-05:002010-03-13T21:44:18.691-05:00I was a latch key kid way before the term was coin...I was a latch key kid way before the term was coined. I was raised by what was essentiatly a single mom in the 40's and 50's. There were a few step dads tossed in along the way. Back then it was not socially correct to be a single mom and I think the step dads were my mom's attempts to stave off the harsh labels of the time.<br /><br />Yet, she encouraged me to go to school, get a good education of typing and shorthand, get a job as a secretary, and marry the boss, have the white picket fence, etc.<br /><br />Instead I snuck my geometry, algebra, biology, French, and other college prep class books into my house under my shorthand book. Went to college, worked the corporate environ, never married the boss and I don't have a white picket fence or 2.2 kids.<br /><br />I do have 30 acres, a cat house, a house full of animals, days and weeks of TNR, and building an awareness of the value of animals in a backwoods Florida town.<br /><br />But I can type 60wpm!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239469568406697546.post-31908029630653283902010-03-13T19:33:17.390-05:002010-03-13T19:33:17.390-05:00Great tribute to women, Connie, thank you. I have...Great tribute to women, Connie, thank you. I have to say that the only reason I've been able to accomplish what I have with CCI is (aside from the great volunteers, vets, etc.) because my husband is very supportive and in my corner all the way. So, it has been said that behind every successful man is a woman, well, that can be said for many women. <br /><br />One woman I'd like to share the blog to brag about is my own mother, who at 52, started her own catering business in Palm Beach, FL. She ran it until she was 68. She catered to the creme de la creme of PB, and she never knew the word can't. She's 85 now and still fairly sharp, a little frail now, but she can carry on a conversation and I just love her so much. She, too, gave me the encouragement to do and be whatever I wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239469568406697546.post-20068999006931292662010-03-13T11:23:40.883-05:002010-03-13T11:23:40.883-05:00Nice tribute to women, Connie. Women are backseat...Nice tribute to women, Connie. Women are backseated, and their accomplishments. You go to volunteer efforts of almost any kind and its women there, doing it, making the world better. <br /><br />I've oft said to peace demonstrators: War is male hormonal activity. We'll only have peace when everyone is neutered.Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124298302997708537noreply@blogger.com