Jane Ruppe:  

Life In 1988 I moved to Harrisonburg VA with my three daughters. I began as a full-time student in 1989 at Eastern Mennonite College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing in 1992. In 1993 I began my nursing career as a Staff RN at Rockingham Memorial Hospital on the Orthopedics floor as well as in the float pool working on all the different floors. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 1998 and after a mastectomy and radiation I'm still alive and kicking! I took a year and a half away from RMH to work as an RN at Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville VA in March 2001, but then returned to RMH in January 2003. In April 2006 I resigned as an RN at RMH to work at various pursuits which had been on hold for many years & which I did not want to wait until retirement to tackle. My three daughters all live on their own: Emily (32) sold her house in Annapolis MD and bought a condo in Clarendon. She also changed jobs and now works as the Technical Manager for the National Association of Home Builders in DC. She recently sold her condo and now lives in Springfield, VA with her friend Dave; Mary Anne (30) has made great strides since her automobile accident in February of 2000. She was on a ventilator for 11 days and continues to undergo periodic revisionary surgeries to correct the severe facial trauma she suffered. Most recently she was the administrative assistant for a consulting engineering firm in Chesapeake which does failure analysis. She is getting ready to sell her house in Hampton & has just moved with her 9 month...Expand for more