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I marriried Dave a fellow EF
alumni from the class of 77. I home schooled my only child, who at
the age of 14 went to college earning a 4.0 and AA by the age of 17.
He is now 20 and in his senior year in premed. He has already
been recruited for a MD-PHD program, and while attending his classes
he is currently doing research in genetics; in particular the braca 1
gene in breast cancer. Yes, I am a proud mother; although like any
young adult he has his days, and like most people he has his demons
to deal with. He has his fathers intelligence and wit and his mothers
heart and conscience and a moral code that he was graced with at
birth. (My Son now 22 has a physical illness
that he has to take massive anounts of pills for. It is an inherited
gene that was passe down to him by his father. It has taken years to
get him stablelized while trying to stay in school with my insurance
company fighting us every six months to get him kicked off my policy.
He know has downsized his dreams and is going to become a computer
engineer, Perhaps later in his careeer combining that with
neuralmicrobiology. It has taken its tole on all of us...all except
the insurance company who can now own my son's soul if he needs
coverage. Did I say I HATE Insurance companies and how they can ruin
peoples lives? I pray
nightly for the Public Option to pass and bless the 41 senator that
have signed the bill..too bad they did not have enough guts to do it
earlier for all of us who are being crushed by the health
Insurance companies (the "good" ones" that you get at
"Good jobs", Mine is United Heatlth Care)
Thanks to my husbands job, I have been to or through all
of Continental North America and a good deal of Europe. My husband
was a consultant for a large computer company, (no not Microsoft, we
live VERY modestly) and what better classroom then traveling the US
and the world. It was the "golden part" of our lives, and
we have memories that could fill many peoples lifetimes.
But, due to unfortunate life circumstances we had to sell,
earlier then financially planned, Our house in our
Stepford-like subdivision. (Its ok, it was a good investment
but I really hated living there. We did not fit in, the
neighbors were snobs, my grass was never green enough my mulch not
fluffed to the right height and the only thing I miss is the pool.
No, I NEVER owned an SUV or stepped a foot inside a country club.) My
husband feell ill due to the the same gene that causes my son
problems above and also due to the exhaustion and physical
demamnds of his job.,(Degenerative Disc diseasse, and unexplained
Migranes at least twice a week and Vertigo that lets him get to know
peoples floors at a personal level. Along with a couple of
other wildly bad stuff that people do not usual have happen to
them until thier 70's or 80's. I found myself, at 46 (now
52)ripe years of age, pounding the pavement and looking for
work with a 25 year old, partial degree from U of M.. That equals
zippo in the business world. I worked my way up in a Large Financial
Service from a call center job, to Supervisor, to a Visa/MasterCard
Fraud Management Analyst , and then received a huge promotion to
Account Manager for 22 credit unions from all over the country .
Its a totally stress filled job that I come home from wildly
eshausted but happy that I can pay (barely) the insurance bills for
my husband son and myslef and the pharmacy bills. Although if
the insurance company has thier way I will not be able to do that for
long either. I
also have diabetes and kidney and gynocology problems......DID
I SAY I WANTE D THE PUBLIC OPTION LOUD ENOUGH SO THAT YOU RICH
Greedy Selfish REPULICANS CAN HEAR ME AS YOU PLAY GOLF AND EAT IN
FANCY RESTAURANTS AND STAY AT C STREET... And WHO HAVE SLOWED DOWN
THIS BILL SO THAT THIER INSURANCE FRIEND BUDDIES CAN KEEP LINING
THIER POCKETS? WHILE THOUSANDS OF SICK , YOUNG AND OLD
AMERICANS DIE?
I really do not do a lot of traveling these days as it is
hard to take a vacation when you are the main point of contact for 22
financial institutions, and financially, George W Bush has ruined my
very middle class existence. Besides, I do live in a paradise ,
dolphins, manatees and herons, if only they would stop building
all of those damn condos that are blocking the view.(for
the Insurance Copany Executives and the Republican policians)
I live by some of the whitest beaches in the world (but
I cannot walk on them becauset hey have been cut off from public use
for the private use of the people who live in those very large and
extremely expense condos...and those are....can you guess?)and
I entertain myself by dodging hurricanes and trying to invent ways
to keep mold from growing under shower mats. (no luck as of yet)
I have owned homes in Colorado, Grand Rapids, Dearborn
from 84-92, in Utah on a mountain overlooking a large valley and now
here in Florida. I guess I am happy, because life is what you make of
it. Some, who have had the misfortune to sit through my entire life
story, would say my life has been harder then most, especially
of late, but I don't see the benefit of dwelling on the downside. I
can see beauty, love, and enchantment in more then sunrises, I can
also see it in gray skies.
My close friend from high school passed a long time ago so I
never really made any class reunions..besides, I got fat, then thin,
then fat then thin...well you know how life goes. I finally went back
to Dearborn for my mothers funeral in 2004. I had not been there in
over 12 years. I went again for the fall in 2005 and visited old
haunts. My family home has been sold, and the neighbors
who where like parents to me have all died or moved so it
didn't feel "right" anymore. But then neither does anywhere else.
I guess that's the downside of being the adult now.
I had close calls with death and prosperity, and thankfully
never fully realized either. I've had my share of adventure and
terror and despair and jubilation. In other words, I have lived life.
I am happy about some choices I have made and sad about others, but
mostly I am glad to still be here and enjoying the things of beauty
that this world has to offer. Now
if only we could have a Health Insurance with a Public Option I would
not have to worry myself SICK.
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