Terrilee Jenks:  

Life While finishing nursing training at SMC, I married a pre-med student from Chicago, Jim Jenks, worked as a high risk neonatal intensive care nurse in Chicago, and ran a busy family with three boys. Jim and I divorced fall of 1999. While I appreciate the city (I now have a townhouse downtown Chicago), my last of three sons finished high school this year and I still long to get back to my country dreams. I’d like to keep my Chicago property, but I want to own property out west either in Colorado or Montana for a chance to get back to my country roots. I’ve included a picture here of my son, Jamie, 26, who is an officer in the Coast Guard. This is a picture from his graduation in CT. in February this year. I also have a son, Jeffrey, 23, that is finishing elementary education and my last son, Dave, is heading for the Coast Guard or to be a Chicago fireman. He has his own band that plays all over Chicago and is planning to have a music-recording studio. Even though I have not been an SDA since about 3 minutes after I graduated from HA, I've always been healthy minded due to my experience growing up at Highland. For the most part I have remained vegetarian, and have appreciated a mom that made granola and home made yogurt well before her time! I’m now a...Expand for more