"Drea" as the author likes to be called and has been known as since junior high school, was born in Charlotte, N.C. and lived there untill 1999. In 1999 she and her husband, Jimmy and three minature Schnauzers moved to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Drea had been recruited for the position of charge nurse for the open heart surgery progran at the local hopital. She also served nine years in the Army Reserves as a nurse and was activated for a year for Desert Storm. Drea has two grown sons from a previous marriage that have given her four awesome grandchildren. She also has a stepson in Pittsburg, Pa. who