Debbie Testement:  

I am married and live in Tennessee. My husband retired from the Army in July 2009. I had three children, a son, Brian, who is 30 years old, married, a son Jeremy, who is 25 years old and I had a daughter, Tiffany, who was 12 years old when she died in 2003. I have one grandson, Joey who was born on Nov 7 2008 to my oldest son Brian and his ex-wife Michelle and a grandaughter Amelia who was born on Dec 9, 2013. I have been married twice, the first time from 1984-2000 and the second 2006-present. I was in the Army from 1987-1990 and was a track vehicle mechanic (anyone that remembers me can see what a stretch that was, I truly was the Private Benjamin) which is where I met my first husband. He inprocessed me into my unit (apparently, inprocessing included getting married to him, hehe) I have been fortunate to travel quite a bit with the military. My first marriage happened in Denmark, I have been to Germany, Paris, Venice, London, Amsterdam, Holland , Japan and a few other places overseas. In the states I have lived in upstate New York, Washington State, Georgia and now Tennessee. I have only been back to Illinois about 6 times in the last 25 years, mostly because of my locations. My mom died in 1996, my dad died in 2008, my sister Carol died in 2013. My older brother Arthur lives near Lake Geneva, My younger brother Jim lives across the street from the house I grew up in on Decorah Ave. I work for the government now as an accountant/auditor. I did not start working on my bachelor's degree until 2000 and it to...Expand for more