Signe The Survivor
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Hello my name is Signe. I believe everyone lives a life full of peaks and valleys. Somewhat like a roller coaster ride. My life has been no different than just that. I started my life in 1953 just like anyone else. That life quickly change as my dad who worked as a police officer lost his life on the job less then a week after I was born. My mom however spent the remainder of her life telling me what a great man he was. I never met my dad, but because of my mom I feel I have great memories of him.
Growing up I added a lot of turbulence to my ride on my own. Through it all though my mom was there to help me. I did make it to college and got my teaching degree. I eventually met a man who I thought was the love of my life and we married. Well we anted a family and we tried and tried and nothing.
I went to the doctors and was told I was infertile. Well a big dip in my coaster ride was about to happen as my husband became distant with me and I found out he was cheating on me. We separated and eventually divorced. This was the lowest point in my life at this point. I still wanted a family so I started looking into adopting. I eventually adopted a boy and that became the biggest highlight of my life.
Shortly after that though would become the biggest fight of my life. I was taking a shower and noticed a lump on breast and went to the doctors and it was confirmed I had Breast Cancer. I went through all the treatments and eventually overcame it. I went back to work and life seemed fine and my ride seem smooth until one April day in 1999. I was working as a teacher in Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999 when two students started shooting. 15 people were killed and 24 injured. This is the worst day I ever experienced in my life. After that day my teaching career was never quite the same.
Many years passed since then and I retired from teaching. Recently I started experiencing losing weight, sweating, excessive fatigue so I went to the doctor. My lymph nodes were swollen and I had Non- Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I started treatments once again and once again just recently kicked that. I am now just enjoying retirement , relaxing, drinking Wine, and enjoying my life.
Growing up I added a lot of turbulence to my ride on my own. Through it all though my mom was there to help me. I did make it to college and got my teaching degree. I eventually met a man who I thought was the love of my life and we married. Well we anted a family and we tried and tried and nothing.
I went to the doctors and was told I was infertile. Well a big dip in my coaster ride was about to happen as my husband became distant with me and I found out he was cheating on me. We separated and eventually divorced. This was the lowest point in my life at this point. I still wanted a family so I started looking into adopting. I eventually adopted a boy and that became the biggest highlight of my life.
Shortly after that though would become the biggest fight of my life. I was taking a shower and noticed a lump on breast and went to the doctors and it was confirmed I had Breast Cancer. I went through all the treatments and eventually overcame it. I went back to work and life seemed fine and my ride seem smooth until one April day in 1999. I was working as a teacher in Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999 when two students started shooting. 15 people were killed and 24 injured. This is the worst day I ever experienced in my life. After that day my teaching career was never quite the same.
Many years passed since then and I retired from teaching. Recently I started experiencing losing weight, sweating, excessive fatigue so I went to the doctor. My lymph nodes were swollen and I had Non- Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I started treatments once again and once again just recently kicked that. I am now just enjoying retirement , relaxing, drinking Wine, and enjoying my life.
