Irma Moen:  

Following graduation, I attended MEI for grade 13, then spent 2 years in Bible School(Behtany in Hepburn, Sask. and Clearbrook). It was then time to pursue my lifelong goal - to become a nurse. I started UBC Nursing School in fall '67 and graduated in '71 with my nursing degree. My first job took me to Vanderhoof, BC - a wonderful opporunity to experience diverse nursing situations. I returned to Chilliwack, where I worked at the Chilliwack General Hospital for 4 years, during which time my son Tim was born. I then worked in a community nursing job to avoid having to work night shifts, as I was a single parent. By this time I was ready to find my white knight, so when I met Bob Moen, a farmer from Sexsmith, Alberta in 1978, it was love, almost at first sight. We were married in 1979 and I moved to the farm.. A year and a half later, our son Ryan was born, a brother for Tim. Life on the farm was wonderful, and I met a whole new kind of people. But nursing was still my passion, so when Ryan was almost ready to go to school, I took a nursing refresher course and went back to work casually, having to drive 50 miles to the QE11 Hospital in Grande Prairie. I enjoyed my work even more the second time around, and Bob was free during the winter, at least, to look after the boys when I was gone. The boys had a wonderful time growing up on the farm, often hiking over the riverbanks(we lived on the riverbank), quading, ski-doing, x-country skiing. We also drove to the mountains to ski. Life on the farm was idyllic, but in...Expand for more