Amy Wilson:  

Amy is from San Diego, California. Her schools include Junipero Serra High School, Florence Elementary School. She later attended University of California, San Diego, University of San Diego, San Diego Mesa College where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in child psychology, her ABA Paralegal Certification and her associates degree respectively. She currently works at San Diego Workforce Partnership. Eight years later in 2020 in the middle of Covid-19 global pandemic... things have certainly taken a strange turn for everyone but for me, life really changed November 15, 2018 when my husband passed away. It started on my 50th birthday in July, I was told, "Mrs. Wilson, your husband has stage 4 esophageal cancer". He had no symptoms. He was 51. Needless to say things got bad pretty quickly and a little over 3 months later, he was gone. 17 years of marriage gone. Our 11 year old daughter without her Dada. Not a happy time at all. It's been a little over a year now and I am still trying to make sense of what happened knowing that what happened, happened. And no matter what I do or think, it can not be undone. Every single aspect of my life has changed. Nothing is the same, nothing is done the same, people don't treat me the same, I don't think the same. It's been a rough year and just when I started to feel a little stability, a little more certainty than uncertainty, a sense of direction and purpose - wham...Covid-19. Talk about bad timing. Social distancing at a time when social interaction is what keeps you out of your head. When "hanging out" is key to your positive mental disposition. When friends are needed in so many ways, many of which are tangible. When "going to work" meant getting your ass out of the house and interacting with...Expand for more