At age 2, Terri fell into the floor furnace at home, severly burningth e palms of her hands, necessitating surgeries with skin grafts tofree h er fingers over the years. However, this never prevented herfrom beco ming an excellant typist and other than her fingersappearing
shorter, no one would ever notice.
While in Mattoon, Terri worked at the US Post Office as a mailhandler/ deliverer.
In Champaign, IL, she worked for a local fitness club, first as a partt ime physical fitness instructor, then as full time sales rep.