DeRonda (Rondy) Elliott:  

Life I obviously have time on my hands today, or I would not be doing this! Since I missed the last reunion, decided to fill this out-- also since it's been fun reading other people's news. I don't like that they offer only canned answers, however, because many of them just marginally fit my circumstances. Never thought I would ever be in the work world, because my goal in life throughout high school and college was to be married, have kids and live happily ever after and to work at home. By that I mean keeping a clean and smoothly running household with time then to pursue other varied interests! My profession would come as a surprise to most people who knew me in high school. I ended up in Nursing and am now a Psych-Mental Health Nurse, working days at Duke University in Student Health and with a part-time private practice on the side. Years ago I was the Admissions Director in a psychiatric hospital and was in private practice exclusively for 6 years after getting a Masters in Theological Studies. Not surprisingly, I still go to church and am somewhat active there. I am still Roman Catholic. My real strengths were in writing and I loved history but got turned off by a college history teacher who was boring and gave impossible reading assignments! After having Mr. Stuckey at Euclid High for history--who was great-- I abandoned my plan to major in that subject. Interestingly enough I was able to fulfill both interests by writing an article which was published in American Heritage Magazine in l994--it was about my father's death on D-Day in WWII. I'm still hearing from people about that articl...Expand for more