Michelle Darnell:  

Life I was born in South Carolina in 1966. My family left South Carolina when I was eight. From there we moved to Quincy, Florida. Then we moved to Ashland, Kentucky. We lived there until I was a freshman in high school. I attended Boyd County High School. From there we moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where I attended Arkansas High School from the middle of my freshman year to the end of my junior year. During the summer of my senior year, we moved to Anniston, Alabama. I attended Anniston High School for one semester and then moved to Birmingham, Alabama. There I attended E. B. Erwin High School, which I graduated from in 1984. After high school, with no money or job skills, I left and joined the US Marine Corps. I know, sounds a little extreme. But it was the best thing that could have happened to me. During this time I met the man that I would call my best friend and husband, Brett. We started dating in December 1985, moved in together in March 1, 1986 and became engaged on March 3, 1986. It was the most exciting day of my life. I knew back in December that I was going to marry him. Brett and I married on October 18, 1986. We then moved (here we go again) to Dayton, Ohio. By this time, I have gotten out of the Marine Corps and had worked several jobs, again looking for the right one for me. I found my job in the form of a teller position with a savings and loan. During this time, Brett and I had our first child, a girl named Alexa. She was a premature baby, weighing only one pound when she was born. Today, she is health and happy and pursuing a career in acting. After Alexa was born, I moved my career to a commercial bank and Brett returned from a school in CT, which prepared him for his next big adventure with the Navy, Subs. During this time in 1991, I became pregnant with our second child, a son named Tyler. He was also premature, weighing in at five pounds. Today he is a handsome young man and wants to grow up to be like Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, a ro...Expand for more