Susan Lorenzen:  

I don'tknow where to begin so I'll just jump in. Got married in 1971 but it only lasted 2 years. Was working for my Dad's automotive parts warehouse in Hackensack, where I met my 2nd husband Bill. We married in '75 (I think) and moved to Colorado Springs after visiting Dolly and her husband. Bill and I bought a house there with a view of Pikes Peak right out my Living room Window. I went into College there, basically to expand on what I was already doing - Office Management. Bill and my marriage didn't last either. While attending college, I met my "soulmate". We were together 9 years, had my daughter, Briana with him (I wasn't supposed to be able to have any). In '85, I started body building. I loved it and it was a real deterent to the "I'm getting old" syndrum. When Briana reached 5 yr.old, I thought her father and I should take the relationship further. When he didn't "get off the pot", I chose to move closer to my parents, who were in Georgia, on the S.C. border. That was 1988. I ended up living in SC, bought my own home and continued working out. I was working for Ryobi America at the time when my body buiding started going backwards. Instead of building, my weight limits were going down and I felt like I'd overtaxed every muscle in my body. It took 2 years of various tests to finally diagnose me with fibromyalgia, with possible Lupus. Things have been downhill since then. I continued to work, but had little energy for m...Expand for more