Stephen Donnelly:  

CLASS OF 1973
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San diego, CA

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Life I have finally met my high school goal for doing what I wanted. I wanted to go to college to either be a doctor or lawyer. I didn't like biology that much and can't stand hypochodriacs so medicine was out and so continued towards law. I graduated in 1979 from SDSU with a degree in Social Science with an emphasis in Cultural Geography (whatever the heck that is) and a minor in history. Law school was way out of my financial reach. There were no jobs for social scientists so I worked for 16 years for the SD schools as a head custodian. A good, not great, paying job that required little effort. Then in 1992 I got married and had a son 9 months later. I told you all that I would not be married before I was 30 and that I held true to. In 1994 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Just like Montel Williams, Annette Funicello, Terri Garr and Squiggy from "Lavern and Shirley". I retired...Expand for more
with a medical retirement and our second son was born. We moved to Arkansas in 1996. I got a job with Lowe's Home Improvement warehouse. Worked there until May of 2004. I am in the process of applying for Social Security Disability Insurance. My condition has deteriorated to the point where daily functioning is hard. If I am approved I will have met my goal. I said that if I did not become a lawyer or doctor then I wanted to become a burden on society. Fast forward to 2010. (Where is the flying car I was promised back in 1963?) I have decided that being a burden on society is not all that it is cracked up to be. With the able assistance of my wife (Dr. Granny) and her holistic approach in conjunction with an MD, we have stabilized my condition enough to allow me to obtain a Masters of Science in Rehab Counseling and I have started working again. I get a business card and everything.
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