Jennifer Callender:  

After high school, I went into the United States Navy for four years. I spent all four years on a ship called USS Merrimack AO-179 stationed out of Norfolk, Va. The first year I was in, I was stationed in Louisiania for about 15 months. Ate alot of crawfish, drank alot of beer and spent alot of time down at Bourben Street. After the Navy, I came back home and spent a few months hanging out with family and friends. I went to nursing school at the Vo-tech. Met my husband while in downtown Meadville after work one night. He was driving a jacked-up Z71 Chevy. I liked big trucks and still do. We hung out for a few months before he asked me to be his "girl". After a few more months, found out we were having a baby and decided that we wanted to get married. After having my son Zackery, which was such a blessing, a few years later, we had our daughter Kayla, which was also a blessing. Being a wife and a mom is probably one of the hardest things I ever done and still doing. Times are so different now then when we were kids and growing up. I've worked all my life and when my children were bor...Expand for more