Pam Thomas
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Pamela "Pam" Jean Thomas (Maiden Name: Kalbacher) born October 25, 1965 in Tampa, Florida to Ruth Kalbacher and Paul S. Kalbacher, Sr. Pam has three siblings: Pauline Suter, Penny A. Harman and Paul S. Kalbacher, Jr.
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Childhood
I grew up in Tampa, Florida and remained there until 1992. I am the youngest child in my family. There is a gap between my siblings and myself and they have always viewed me as the baby of the family and treat me as such even to this day. My parents worked alot when I was a child so my oldest sister, Pauline took care of me a lot and to this day still holds that resentment of being homebound taking care of her younger siblings. By the time I was eight years old, she had already been in the military and had gotten married. My other siblings, Penny and Paul, moved out by the time I was 10.
Our families always had lots of dogs so they became my playmates. I was never allowed to go out and play with the kids in the neighborhood, so most times I stayed in the yard with my dogs. My favorite was our german shepherd, Kimba, named after the cartoon "Kimba the White Lion", we had her over 12 years. My mother was always very protective over me so that is why I never left the yard very much. She would not let me join Girl Scouts because she was afraid I was going to be stolen. I can't even imagine how protective she would be over me now in this day and age when kidnappings are more abundant more than ever. I found her logic to be very strange, however, because I can remember lots of times at the age of eight being left on my own for hours on end roaming the streets until my parents came home from work.
I went to a Catholic school, Most Holy Redeemer, from first to eighth grade. My siblings before me attended this school and my father worked there as well as a maintenance man. It was not fun because every time I got in trouble, the Nuns would be sure to tell him everything the very moment they saw him walking around the school. I then went to Adams Junior High School for ninth grade and then finished my high school years at Chamberlain High School. I was very shy growing up and very self-conscious. I have always had a weight problem and the boys in the Catholic school were very mean to me and made fun of me on a daily basis. To this day, I have very low self-esteem that I can trace back to all those years ago.
After my very sheltered existance in Catholic school, I ventured into the public school system. It was very different than a parochial school, however, I was free from the horrible uniforms we were forced to wear, so I was happy. I found the public school system to be much easier and I made better grades, getting the honor roll most every time. I was always very quiet though and kept to myself. I hated labels and refused to be part of any clique, therefore, I seemed to hang around with the outsiders at school. We never really fit in so we understood one another quite nicely.
