Tricia Welch:  

Okay, well first off some of you know me as "Tricia" and others as "Trish".. its actually Patricia so I have gone by Both... .. I Graduated from High School at Mountain View In Arizona in 1988 (prior to that I had gone to HortinWatkins/Ladue High School)... After that I attended Maryville University.. I graduated with a BA in Communications and a Minor in Psychology.. I also have a Diploma in Medical assisting From Sanford Brown.... i'm Currently between Jobs however have been Volunteering For Hospice for over 7 years now... I also in the past Volunteered for the Missouri Wildlife Rescue Center...I have worked a lot in Nursing homes, mostly in Activities... Recently I have been considering going back to school to get my Masters.. I would like to get it in Social Work and become a Hospice Social worker..that is my Dream Job... by the way for those of you who thought of me as a "Space Cadet", well you were right, sometime in my late 20's I was officially Diagnosed as having ADHD.. The first time I took Ritalin I totally couldn't believe how well it helped me focus... it had side effects however.. one of the main ones was the "let down" that you get when it wears off... so Most of the time even though I had the Diagnose I hadn't been taken anything for it... I recently started taking Strattera and once again am Truly amazed... I swear if I had had this stuff back when I was a kid in School I could have been a straight "A" student...and for all the teachers who intentionally called on me when you knew I wasn't paying attention, I'm sure at the time you thought you were doing the right thing, but the Truth is, I couldn't help it.. Yes, it embarrassed me when I would be called on and didn't know the answer because I wasn't paying attention, and yes I often was made fun of it because of it, but by deliberately calling on me when you knew I wasn't paying attention did nothing more then hurt my self esteem..and the bottom line was, I couldn't help it... I forgive you because I know that very little was known about "ADHD" at that time.. also I wasn't Particularly Hyper back then(in fact I was rather quiet and shy) and they didn't realize that ADHD did not always require that the person be hyperactive..I forgive the teachers who did that because as I have stated ADHD was hardly known about back then.. anyway, I never married, but am Currently dating a man who is 45.. He is a professional Musician and very Talented... I would Marry him in a heart Beat, but realistically don't know if it will ever come to that, for he is still not even officially divorced from his wife (She walked out on him)...I currently have no Children but am still hoping, though at 38 my time clock is Definitely Ticking...by the way, so i've been told I apparently still have a bit of a scratchy Voice.. for whatever reason it tends to Crack at times... during about 7th grade It was really bad... I don't know why, but I do still apparently have some problems with my V...Expand for more