Pat Farris:  

Life I lead a small life, but I do it with a certain panache. I Married my best friend, had two children...and after 20 years we divorced. It wasn't my plan, but it worked out best for me. I now have a loiving man in my life and his son. All three kids are in college. All doing very very well. Professionally speaking, I normally teach at-risk preschool children, those that are destined to fail or end up in jail due to less than enviable home circumstances. But right now I'm on medical leave, having undergone two surgeries for brain anuerisms, that came totally out of the blue. So mostly, I'm counting myself among the most blessed, in that I can speak, walk, talk and do almost everything I could before the first anuerism burst. Almost half of those who undergo a burst brain anuerism die immediately, and many more become impaired by stroke or other complication of the surgery. So, I'm blessed, happy...and trying to find my way back to the energy, health and activity level I enjoyed before. To my surprise, I became an ubermother (as my kids would say)when I...Expand for more