Yvonne Letson:  

I hope my friends remember me as having a good sense of humor and liked being around me because I could make them laugh and feel better. I always wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were right. I guess the wildest thing I and some friends did was pushed a friend's Volkswagen to the Ohio River and pushed it into the shallow water. Being a "Wagen" and shallow water, all he had to do was drive it out. My hero is my son Shannon. He was in Iraq and while there captured 7 prisoners. He was on burial detail.His job was to dig huge trenches and push bodies into them-even children. He also was assigned to go into mine fields and detonate them before the foot troops came in. He came home and still thinks about that but is able to still be a wonderful young man who succeeded in spite of me. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Danny Parker, because I went steady with him and he was drop dead gorgeous. I'd like to see how he aged.. My obsession is my pets. In the past 35 yrs I have had over 200 dogs, several cats, a squirrel, rabbits, birds, turtles and hamsters. People can lie about how they feel, but a dog will either lick you or bite you. I like to lay down in the early afternoon with my dogs on the bed-If it has 4 legs, fur or barks, I love it- and read the gossip rag tabloids-mindless drivel. My biggest surprise in life is the way my health has turned out. I am currently diagnosed with 4 potentially fatal illnesses with no cures and have had cancer twice, 3 heart attacks, 2 strokes and broke my hip recently. Right now I am recovering from major lung surgery. I have seveeral tumors and doc's removed some for biopsy and said they have no clue what it is. I'm on steroids and breathing treatments to see if the rest of them go away or will have to be cut out. I have been the "popcorn lady" for Greater Clark schools over 48 yrs and have grown people come up to me and tell...Expand for more