Dallie Ricca:  

Life Life does take turns. After 14 yrs. studying for a career in medicine, I practiced only 9 yrs. before being sidelined by a brain tumor. Ironically, I'm married to a neurosurgeon, 23.5 yrs. now. All things happen for a reason though and my silver lining has been the time I've had to devote to our 3 children, ages 21, 19 and 17. Wouldn't trade that for anything now...If only I could remember stuff! The kids are great tho', the oldest a senior Mechanical Engineering/Business major, the middle one a college freshman Art major and the youngest, well, a senior HS teenage girl who can't decide what she wants to do! School After my 1st 6 yrs. of school overseas, it was great to settle down at MA. My yrs. there were fun, productive and yes, educational. I enjoyed being in a small school and think of it fondly. Wish I had kept up with friends more over the yrs; had great relationships back then. College Although I took a winding road through college, my final goal never changed. From those first (and relatively few) days at Southern, through the year and a half at VSCC and finally my last 2 years at ETSU, I knew that me...Expand for more