Terri Staley:  

Life It's hard to believe that it has been almost thirty years since I attended school at Jefferson High School. Most people who know me now have a hard time believing I was so shy and backward during highshool. So what has happen since then? Not what I thought. I never married. nor had all those kids I had thought I would have. I left that up to my sisters and brother. My sister Dee has two, plus a grandchild, my brother Randy has three, and youngest sister Jenny has two. So what have I done? Well, a number of things. It took me several years trying to decide just exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up and maybe I am still deciding..lol. I had the opportunity to travel with several Christian Bands. This was a wonderful experience. I also had the opportunity to work wth teenagers not only in my local church there in Lafayette, but throughout central Indiana. This too was a wonderful experience. I remember one of those teens telling me that they knew the reason God had not allowed me to have children and was so I could be free to work with all the teens. Maybe she was right. In 1997, I made the decision to relocate to Indianapolis. This was the best decision I could have made. There I took a management position with Lifetouch Portraits managing the JCPenney studio at Castleton Sq Mall. I later returned to school to finally get a Bachelors degree. In 2002, I received my Associates Degree. In August 2003, I celebrated two events in my life,finally receiving my BS in Management and being cancer free. After experiencing cancer, I realized that life was too short to spend 60-80 hours a week at a job. I left the world of retail and taught school for a few months before being offered a position with Indiana Wesleyan University. Last year, I relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio to assist in opening a new education center. Now, I am assisting adults, like myself, in returning to scho...Expand for more