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My fetish with teeth drove me to pursue a career in Dental Hygiene. I attended WSU, ISU, UofU, and SLCC in an attempt to strengthen my pre-requisites and broaden the base of programs I could apply to. I also enjoyed the broad range of boys it introduced me to. Ultimately I was accepted by and graduated from WSU.
Yes, I married my "high school sweetheart" but it wasn't as simple as it sounds. After high school I pursued other avenues (boys). We both dated other people, we dated each other sometimes too. I was even engaged twice. Summer 1996 we were spending time together again and decided it was do or die time. He voted do, I voted die. It was to end there. I spent a week crying for no particular reason and finally realized after breaking a number of other hearts, I had now broken my own. I called him and said, "I think we made a mistake." He said, "I'll be right over." I packed my bags to spend 2 weeks in Shiprock, NM completing a dental hygiene externship at the dental clinic on the Native American Reservation. We spoke every night by telephone. We talked about marriage. I was so excited to see him when I got back and start planning a wedding. He didn't say a word! So let the record state: I proposed to him with, "so are we getting married or what?" He said, "you want to?" and 5 weeks later we were married.
14 years and 3 kids later we are happy and well. I took a break from dental hygiene in 2000 after our 2nd child was born to stay home and raise the kids. I was so grateful for that opportunity! One year ago I returned to the task of scaling the public's not so pearly whites on a very part time basis. (floss 'em if you got 'em)
