Susan Cross:  

I always wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. Because I (foolishly) dropped out of college after one year and married Phil Frechette. We were married 14 yrs, had three children together, moved all over the country for his job, and wound up in Hilton, NY. We divorced in 1982. If I could do any one thing over, I would have finished college. In 1983, I married my present husband, Ray Cross. He is a restaurant manager and I am a secretary in the Clinical Laboratory at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. I have been doing this job for 10 years and have worked in the medical field since 1982. I did take some time to be a Real Estate agent for a couple of years and have also been: School Lunch Cook School Lunch Director Food Broker Customer Service Rep. Laboratory Client Service Rep. JC Penney's Sales Clerk We have seven grandchildren; Nathan (19), Joshua (18), Ben (17), Lydia (16), Alexandra (13), Lily (9), and Lauren (2). They are the high spots in my life. Of course, their parents are pretty darn special, too! I have Michelle (almost 40), mother of Lydia, stepmother to Nathan & Ben and married to Art Ames; Rob (38) father to Alexandra and stepson Joshua, married to Theresa, and Greg (35) father to Lily and Lauren, married to Alison. I am very blessed with a wonderful family (including my husband!) When n...Expand for more