Vivian Kauffman:  

After graduation I went to work full time as a secretary at a publishing house in town. Got married 2 years after graduation and have been happily married for 47 years now. Earl and I have 4 children (a daughter, Dina, a son, Chris, and twin girls - Jeanine and Kerry); also 5 grandchildren ranging in age from 13 years old to 5 years old. We're very proud of them all. We were blessed with good kids. Dina is a graphic designer; Chris works as a foreman for a baking company (he and his wife, Jen, have given us 3 of our grands); Kerry is a pediatrician, and Jeanine is one of the best moms on earth (she and her husband, Tom (the pastor of our church - BREAD OF LiFE in Quakertown), have given us the other 2 grands)and Jeanine is an undergrad for a teaching degree. Doing things a little differently --when my twins were 4 years old I decided to enter college in a computer science course. After a year, I decided it wasn't my thing and went to work in the Purchasing Dept. of a valve company. Looking for a better job, I then worked as an executive assistant in the engineering industry, and my last position was with a clinical research company as assistant to the Sr VP who was also the chief medical officer. Low and behold as is happening to so many these days, our company was bought out by a British firm and 50 of us lost our jobs in one fell swoop. That was in August of 2006, a few short years after we had moved into our home in the country. After kicking it around for a while, I decided to take early retirement. Best thing I ever did!!!! Now we're both retired and loving it!!!! It gives me time to do the things I want to do without any time constraints -- primarily making semi-precious jewelry, knitting for the prayer shawl ministry, cooking, and reading my Bible and other great books that I never had time for before. In looking back the Lord has brought us through so many things: the loss of our first child, several severe illn...Expand for more