BORN: July 17, 1953 St. Mary's Hospital, Syracuse, NY MARRIED: June 7, 2002 St. Mary's is now a mental institution, kind of scary, isn?t it? I lived in Mattydale, New York until age 24. Graduating from North Syracuse Central High School in 1971. In 1977, my father retired and moved us all to Harrisburg, PA. I lost my mother on January 6, 1972 due to cancer and my father on January 29, 1987 due to kidney disease. In 1969 I started writing at the encouragement of my tenth grade English teacher, Mrs. Chappell. Always a verbal storyteller, I avidly wrote for the next six years until a harsh remark...