Brenda Ledbetter:  

Life After graduating from Benedictine HS in 1978, I went on to attend MSU to study psychology. As both my other siblings were in college at the same time as I, my parents agreed to sponser/pay for the first two years of education for all three of us. The remaining two years was on us. I took a job as a courier at the Lansing Journal and worked my way thru the 3rd year. When summer came, I returned home to Detroit and landed a job as the Detroit Dock Manager at the now defunct Boblo Island. I oversaw the dock and boat operations for the daily travels to and from the Island, and also oversaw the Moonlight Cruises each weekend. In responding to a blind ad in the Free Press late that summer, I interviewed and was hired as an auto claims assistant with State Farm Insurance. The starting salary was so lucrative, I decided to forego returning to MSU in the fall and winter, with plans to return for the spring semester to finish my senior year. Some 20+ years later, I continued to work and advance at State Farm, and never returned to complete my college education. I married in 1991 and had my only child-a daughter (Micah) in 1996. I remained marri...Expand for more