Heather

I was born... okay, maybe I don't have to go back that far. My family moved to Sacramento in 1958 and I finished growing up there. It was there that I met my first husband, Chuck, in 1973. In 1974 I became pregnant so we got married -- a quick trip to Reno. It was not a marriage made in heaven. Eleven years and two kids later he moved out. Chuck did introduce me to computers. Our first computer was a Sanyo and when he left he took the computer and left me the kids. Sometimes, I tease the kids by suggesting he got the better deal. (As if!) That was in 1985.

In 1987, the kids and I moved in with my parents and when my dad died, we stayed on for the next 10 years. After my kids were grown and out of the house, I told my mom it was time for me to leave the nest again. After all, I was in my late forties and it was about time, don't you think? Besides, Chuck had died in December of 1994 and I was starting to date again and mothers can be so intrusive... I know, because I'm a mother too.

At any rate, in 1997 I moved from Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay area. Talk about getting out of the house! However, it turned out to be the best thing I could have done because I ended up meeting Brad.