Amber Grey:
CLASS OF 1977
Maine East High SchoolClass of 1977
Park ridge, IL
Amber's Story
Hi, I'm Amber Marie Grey. You won't recognize that name though,
and unless you remember my profile on a prior account, you won't be able to place me. I attended Maine East High School from 1973 to 1977. I graduated under the name Jay Greenberg. My birth certificate and diploma said that until Ihad them corrected. I actually chose Amber when I was 3 years old after I saw a piece of Amber at the museum with a butterfly trapped inside. That's how I felt. Being myself wasn't an option then, so like many, I pretended to be what I was supposed to be even though I never fit. I wed. Had a career, raised a family, and survived until I couldn't do it anymore. I broke, but in the end I let myself be m...Expand for more
e. So here I am. I survived. Some hate me for being me. Others are ok. The ones that counted the most stayed with me.
Well, it appears that I may be a subject of some curiosity. There have been so many more visits here than approaches by classmates in all four years there. Actually, I can count on one hand the number of times Classmates greeted me on one hand with room left over. Curiosity seems the only explanation since often enough, the visits are from those before or after the class of 77. So, I'll just put it out there that if anyone has questions for or about me, I'll answer to the best of my ability, so long as the questions aren't rude or hurtful. I've already had lifetimes of that.
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