I am a retired litigation paralegal. I did this work at a progressively higher level beginning in 1972 after I completed a two year course in legal secretarial science at a local junior college. A couple years later I obtained an associates degree in litigation law for paralegals. I am proud of these achievements. Accomplishments must be viewed through the circumstances surrounding them, and my circumstances were rough. I have been married to the love of my life since 1975.