Final Project

A Virtual Time Capsule

Name

HU310 01

Unit 9 Final Project

Date

A Virtual Time Capsule

Letter

I am 51 years old; I am a white American born woman of Italian descent. I have a daughter from my first marriage that lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is pursuing a career in Manhattan, New York she is 26. I have a husband and stepfather to my daughter for the last 20 years. It is 2009 and the world is in a terrible financial crisis, with a great down fall in the economy since the “Great Depression.” Several Americans are losing their jobs, businesses like General Motors and several banks are closing and the Government has been trying to generate stimulus packages to help keep the companies from going out of business. Although this is a time of uncertainty, it is also a time of progress and optimism.

I live in Milford Connecticut a small city with a heart. It hugs the Long Island Sound, a buffer between New York and Connecticut where it becomes the Atlantic Ocean. I am privileged to live in a water front community where I see the Long Island Sound from my home. It is a grand view and I understand the neighborhood that I live in was a lovely spot for New Yorkers who wanted to get away from the City life and enjoy the estates of dancing and live bands, similar to the Great Gatsby years.

My day-to-day life consists of waking to the birds singing and the sound of waves rolling upon the rocks of the Long Island Sound as the tide goes in and out. I arise to drink my coffee and being that it is late Spring I can do this on my deck outside.

The day passes quickly as I am attending College a program newly designed to attend on-line classes via computer versus driving and attending classes in a college setting. Then I prepare dinner for my husband as He works days and I work evenings, He is a tile setter and owns his own business. I am a former special education paraprofessional teacher, now I am forced to leave my life...