Michele Lennon:  

I always wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were right. Music, reading a good book, taking a walk.......THESE are things that I like to do when I need to relax. Gosh, there are many times, in our lives, that we need to clear out heads and start over. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have my earrings, LOL. Next I would need orange juice and a hard roll, to be able to deal with the day-to-day. This we learned at St. Peter's Hospital School of Nursing, in Albany, as we started our student life. My hero is my Mother, who was there every day when my children got home from school, after my husband died, when I had to work...Nutses never left on time then and today, it is probably even worse. Having another adult during the good and the tough times was a gift, always appreciated, even to this day. Happy 89th Birthday Mom, August 13, 2009. A very interesting question ( What happened to my first crush?). I met him when I was 11 years old. My aunt an uncle moved back to Troy and opened a Mom and Pop Store called "The Pic Up". LOL, never thought anything of that name, then. They knew a family who had lived across the street from them who had four boys. Jack, was the youngest (15), so the hired him to do the stocking of shelves etc. I am sure that I drove everyone crazy, since I was always there, visiting my grandmother, who lived upstairs with my aunt and uncle. Eventually, with my parents permission, since all the families knew eachother, we went on a first date to the Bijou Theater, on 112th street, in Lansingburgh. We could walk there, as well as to Carrier's Soda Fountaine, and The SnoMan Ice Cream Stand, which is still there, selling ice cream, today. When I graduated from CCHS in 1960, I became engaged, and entered St. Peter's for Nursing, along with a good group of my other classmates. After graduating from SPH, in 1963, as a graduate RN, I married my late husband, the next month. We met when I was 11 and married when I was 21 and he passed away, when I was 37. I knew him for a long time.. Today, is November 24, 2014...So, where did all the time go, where have I been and what did I do. I spent 10 tears, living in Florida, caring for my Mother. Patti and her husband lived up the street, so I wasn't alone. Mom passed away, last August, 2013. And, here I am, home again, in Troy/Watervliet/Latham. Jackie, my oldest and only daughter, and her husband Jim, live in Latham. Their daughter, my granddaughter, Liz is finishing her Master's Degree, in Buffalo. She is an Enviornmental Engineer. She is hoping to work, in the Buffalo area, since her boyfriend, Andrew, finishing his master's also, will be study...Expand for more