Chrys Jared-Bjornson:  

After graduating from Del City in 1983, I went to the University of Washington and got my degree in technical theater as a lighting designer and electrician. I spent two summers during college working at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival before graduating in 1988. I took a few years off from theater and worked in retail, until I heard the siren call of the stage calling me back. I became a union stagehand of I.A.T.S.E. local 15 and worked several predominate theaters until I injured both of my arms and had to quit the work in 1995. In 1997 I was in a train wreck just outside of Cheyenne, WY and that's how I met my husband, Michael. I was in the sleeper car and he was in coach, but we wound up sitting next to each other on the flight Amtrak provided us to get us home. He lived in Eugene, OR, while I lived in Seattle, WA. We kept in touch via e-mail and IM'ing and over time, realized that it was more than a friendship. He moved up to Seattle in 1998, and we've been together ever since. We have four lovely children, two girls and two boys. Our eldest wants to grow up and be a marine biologist and save the oceans and our eldest boy wants to be a veterinar...Expand for more