Patti Taylor:  

my life has been both extrodinary and typically average. pregnant at 16 i worked full time and went to high school / junior college before moving to ocean city maryland in 1984. I lived there 5 years,married and had a second son in 1987.Left md. in 89- moved to palm springs ca. and finished my nursing degree in the desert. My youngest son was severely dyslexic and always a struggle to educate properly. In 2001( during 9-11 ) i made the 4 year committment to return to md.so his dad could help us get him through high school.Chris graduated in 2005-is in the army gaurd and just an amazing kid ! He just returned from a yr. in Iraq -often volunteers for extra duties and assignments including his yr. over seas and a tour in Italy.He also has gone to junior college and has his cdl license and today was informed he is being offered a full time position recruting . Chris is now 21 !! and I have always called him my poohbear so he is known in these parts as" private poohbear".His graduation day was the happiest day of my life - I thought I would dance across stage with him and take the deploma myself. So my 4 yr committment ended 3 yrs ago except in 2004 i married a local truck driving redneck( jerry lee ) and for now, continue to be stranded in hicksville usa! Truthfully ,were only 30 min. from dover air force base and 1 hour from baltimore but it is a different world on the lower eastern shore. We live just a mile from the delaware/maryland line and I work in th...Expand for more