Michele Scorzelli:  

Well, here I am at 25 years since graduating from high school. Do I have some regrets? Sure I do. I know I wasn't the greatest friend to some of my closest friends. I had some mixed up priorities in school. For those of you who tried to save me from making a big mistake, I thank you now. Wish I would have listened then! But, it hasn't all been bad. What can I say; it's been an interesting life! After graduating from PVM, I went to work as a cosmetologist, got married to my HS sweetheart at 19(which I know now was WAY TOO YOUNG-ppl tried to warn me), built a house and a life, had my only daughter, Amanda, at 23. It was then that I realized we were destined for different things... Went through a painful divorce after 8 years of marraige and spent 6 years as a single mom. Then, just when I had made peace with Mark, he suddenly died at 34 years old. That was one of the hardest days of my life, to have to tell my 9 year old that her father died on Easter Sunday. That same year, I was already engaged to a wonderful man, Gene, and we were married in Hawaii, on the beach, toes in the sand, in 1999. I inherited 5 grown step-sons from my husband(this year we will be married for 10 years), and also 10 grandchildren! I have become very good at feeding and entertaining 23+ people in my home at once! Yes, he's older than me, but somehow it works for us. He is my rock. He has been a wonderful dad to Amanda in every way. Now, Amanda has graduated from high school and is in college. I have started college myself, part-time, and I really enjoy school now. I don't think I would have appreciated it then. Living on the NY State Canal on the Seneca River, it feels like we're on vacation all the time. In the summer, we're really homebodies. Nice, casual living, I like it. We still like to get away from the CNY winters now and then. I would love to move somewhere else where there is no snow! I love the sunshine. My career- Well, hairdressing was it for a while, then s...Expand for more