MARRIED HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART IN 1971. BECAME A WIDOW IN 1989. FINISHED RAISING MY BOYS AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES. HAD GASTRIC BY-PASS IN JULY, 2001. WENT BACK TO SCHOOL IN 2002 AND BECAME AN EMT. AFTER 4 YEARS OF BASIC LEVEL EMT WENT BACK AGAIN TO GET MY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.