My name is Marianne Bliss and I grew up in Chicago until I was in the 4th grade. We then moved to Antioch Illinois where I continued my education through High School. I then attended college and wound up working at the same High School I graduated from in 1976 thanks to a teacher that more less took me under her wing, during that time she taught me how to read which was a benefit for me being able to get through college. I worked with special needs kids and it was so rewarding, also, I never was able to have any children due to cancer at an early age so instead of having my own kids I raised my brothers, three kids when their mother walked out on them when the youngest was only 1. These kids are my life there is Claire who is now a pharmacist, Jerold who drives for napa auto parts and Mary who cuts hair and has a 8-month little boy named Michael who is the apple of my eye.