Victoria Booth:  

In high school, I was somewhat shy and self conscious about my weight. I had many friends from different circles, so I was lucky, but I wanted to be FREE! I dropped out of school in 11th grade due to family issues at home, and became wild for about 4 years before marrying Greg Fries, a very good looking young man who fed my insecurities and helped me feel more worthwhile. We were married 8 years. My weight issues became worse because I still felt insecure and repressed. I divorced him in 1980. A year later I met my 2nd husband and did the same thing with him I did with Greg - I married him without really knowing him. That marriage was a disaster from day one. It ended 7 years later in August 1990. Two years before that I had decided to take my GED without studying for it and I passed and started OUL with the intention of teaching High School Literature. Mr. Lucasko had made a lasting impression on me and I wanted to impart on others what I had learned from him. Six months into college, I decided i was going to write so I majored in English/Creative Writing and minored in Art & Communication. I loved it. In 1992 I began to get sick. I missed a lot of school and made an unwise leap to Circleville Bible college. I was only there a month when I realized something was really wrong with me. I slept all the time and was exhausted. I came back to Lancaster and rested for a few months when my case manager for Bureau of Vocational Rehab asked me if I wanted to go back to school. I decided a business college might be easier. So I majored in Medical Transcription and went to what is now...Expand for more