Michelle Miller:  

I married shortly after High School to a serviceman from Illinois. When he got out, we came to Illinois and made our home. I had 2 daughters (now age 38, and 36). They have given me 4 wonderful grandchildren to enjoy. Unfortunate that my marraige ended against my beliefs, and life does go on, and so did I. It's funny my first real job after HS was with an Insurance company, and that is what I seemed to go back to. That, and selling Avon of course for many years. In fact I was the #3 rep in Illinois Dist. I remarried my present husband, and together counting his previous kids and mine, we had 5 children, and the Doctor's told me I couldn't have any more kids, so I was persuing a career in the Insurance field, and WHAM!!! guess what? The Doctor's were wrong... and wrong 4 more times- 3 sons, 1 daughter, (now ages 28, 27, 26, and 25) instantly we had 9 children now and our household was huge. It was always a mystery to me at what would be next. I survived, but who knows how, with actually part of my brain in tact, and when my Dad passed away in 1994 I made my last trip to Wakefield. It felt bittersweet. I always thought I would return someday as my heart was always there. When we returned to Illinois I secured another insurance job, and this time I became a licensed insurance agent. I did rather well for about 7 years, and I don't even remember why, but I left the field, and went into pool chemical sales, selling to major hotels across the US. It was a big switch, but somehow I always gravitated towards these sales jobs (Avon, insurance, pool chemicals). All things I had vast knowledge of. I guess that is why I was so good at it. A few years later, my knees began to bother me, and shortly after having surge...Expand for more