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Went back to Pittsburgh, PA where I was born after graduation to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Met my husband Tom, had three children, started a couple of businesses with him, sold some, closed one, moved to Phoenixville, PA, in 1996, where we built the home where Tom died. After I sold it, I moved to San Diego, CA, and tried to regroup. In 2000, I moved in with my aunt in Huntington Beach for 4.5 years, took classes at a local college, but stopped to relocate to Pittsburgh with my mom who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. After a few months, the doctors advised me she needed to be placed in a home...it was the most heartwrenching thing to do to her...has since passed away. I moved back to CA, but moved to a condo I bought back in 1999, in West Los Angeles. In the meantime, I had joined a large church in Lake Forest, CA and served on several mission trips...two to Louisiana after the hurricanes (very sad) and one to Ruhuhua, Rwanda, 12 years after the genocide. That trip was spiritually amazing...I could definitely sympathize with the widows there, but their stories were much more painful to listen to...I just could not imagine their horror. I now help when I can financially to send other missionaries to the country. My transitions throughout the years has been challenging, constantly moving it seems...but it has made me the person I am today for which I can only thank God through His son Jesus for my life today and forever. I now live in South Carolina...my children have children...7 grandchildren who bring such joy