Michael L. Jones:  

Life The short version of my life after high school goes like this: I graduated from the U of MN with a BS in public health. But changed my mind and went to law school in Philadelphia to get a paralegal degree. I worked in the trust dept of a bank in IL for a year but (snooze) needed something more exciting. Skipping forward I got married to a great gal from Mankato in 1980 and in 1982 went to work for an insurance company in St Paul as a paralegal in claims, then transfered with them to the Chicago area in 1985, working in many different claim positions, eventually as litigation specialist and litigation manager. Life was cool, 3 kids ( 1 daughter and 2 sons) a new house in the burbs, my favorite car , a Lincoln. Both the car and he house were the same color, dark grey with black roof (which my friends thought was funny). But in 1998 and forward, life took it's toll on me. From 1998 thru 2000 I had one serious medical problem after another ( heart attack, stroke, and kidney probs). Finally in 2000 I had to take a disability retirement after open heart surgery. The stress of all of this caused my wife and I to separate and divorce in 2000. She and the kids moved back to Mankato then, but I stayed in IL until 2005. I now live in Eden Prairie, keeping myself active by belonging to a variety of social groups. Someimes I ...Expand for more