Linda Breault Never gave away my birthname

I moved from Vancouver to Creston under protest in 1962 to begin grade 10. Those 3 years hold my fondest memories of adolescence. Later in 2010 I returned yet again to be with Dad who was nearing the end of his life. 2014 found moving to Victoria.
Living in Lotusland in Victoria, BC, I cycle throughout the year and am a Grandmother for Africa cyclist. I’ve married and divorced twice and been in a variety of love relationships over the years. Front wave “Boomer” woman that I am, I’ve been privileged to have spent my early years questioning authority, joining consciousness raising groups, embracing feminism and dropping out of the “mainstream”.

I am a Skype grandmother and manage long trips to visit the munchkins when I can, and still travel and do volunteer work. March 2014 found me returning from Australia where I was a fulltime grandma for 3 months.
I’m creating a life for myself after retiring from work overseas and a lifetime of working with disadvantaged people. I like to live by a quote by Anais Nin: "Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage."
It’s a good life.
In September 2015 I will be cycling 300 kilometres from Campbell River to Victoria to fund raise for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Known as the Grandmothers for Africa, we are senior women supporting grandmothers in Africa who are raising their grandchildren who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS>

My life has had many twists and turns including crossing geographic and linguistic borders to work and volunteer. My professional background is in Adult Education, Social Work and Community Economic Development. Besides teaching adults at University College of the Cariboo and NVIT, I had a private practice and private educational centre in Kamloops.
Tanzania holds a special place in my heart where I spent two years as a CUSO cooperant and continue to return every few years to volunteer with CHES, an NGO for education of girls that we established in 1992. Work with CESO has taken me to Panama, Armenia, Serbia and Kyrgyzstan. When I "unretired" I returned to my first career in secondary teaching/advising in China and Egypt.

I returned to Creston to be with Dad as he began the last steps of his earthly journey, I published my book "Living Apart together-A New Possibility for Loving Couples".