Linda Erickson:  

Life It's rather difficult to sit here and put my life on the screen in front of me. There has been an extreme amount of happiness and joy in my life, yet tragedy and pain has accompanied me throughout the past years. Following school and college, I moved to Anchorage, Alaska; married in 1975 and gave birth to my first son, Casey in 1980. In early 1981, following the death of my father, we returned back to northern Wisconsin and purchased a gasoline service station in Iron River. Our second son, Stephen, followed in 1985. Eventually we had to supplement our income (and health benefits), so I obtained an Executive Secretary position in 1989 at Chequamegon Telephone Cooperative. I worked there, commuting from Iron River, for 12 years. Casey eventually graduated, entered college, and unfortunately in his junior year my 26 year marriage ended. I had lost my passion for living in the backwoods of northern Wisconsin and desired a change....my husband did not. I moved to Albany, New York in November 20...Expand for more