Susan Grace:  

I was a very happy child - and am now a serene, peaceful and well-balanced person, having done all I can to maintain a continual sense of wellbeing. But it has not been easy to get from that happy young girl called Susan Cox to the well-balanced adult, Susan Grace. I was a straight-A student all the way into and through Junior High (North Junior High); then this awful thing happened to me (I didn't know how to protect myself at that age.) It turned my life upside down until I was 35 and finally accepted the help that was offered me. I like to think that had this thing NOT happened to me, I would have had the confidence to stay in my major, Psychology, and "fix" myself and the world too (joke!) I would have become an MD in Psychology or a veterinarian. (That's my missed calling! I love animals.) Due to not being supported after this trauma (such things weren't even talked about in our society at that time) I lost confidence, and even though I received A's in most subjects, I simply couldn't decide what I wanted to do. (I had no idea who I really was; my whole personality had become enveloped by the tragedy, and so I thought I was a horrible person, which of course wasn't true.) So for about 20 years (until I reached out for help) I did a lot of addictive things, trying to escape the pain. I became an alcoholic, though it could have been worse. After going to Alina Lodge, New Jersey for rehabilitation, I became a sober, and much more responsible person. I went back to flying as a flight attendant, left my husband, purchased my first townhome in Wheaton, Illinois (I flew out of Chicago, and eventually moved to SEattle, WA. area in 1990.) This area (Bellevue, WA.) is actually my home, where I was born 63 years ago. For my first 20 years of sobriety, I went to meetings almost every day, and had years and years of one-on-one therapy. I learned so much about myself, and know myself well. My life didn't really begin, until 1982, when I rejoined the human race as my REAL SELF. My life has been pretty exciting and fun since then! I would enjoy being married again, with the right person of course. He would need to love cats, too. I cannot imagine my life without a cat or two. I don't want to waste time though by dating a lot. I won't spend time with someone unless I genuinely like them. I'm quite happy by myself, and am usually busy doing things I love. I'm very self-sufficient, and...Expand for more