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deadlinediva

TV Reporter, NASCAR wife, Mom. From the time I was 10 years old, I knew I would become a journalist. That was when I had my first article published in the St. Petersburg Times. The story was about our class trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, but I was hooked. And I'm still a news hawk - I admit it. I feel extremely privileged to tell other people's stories. I love people, I love being out in the field interacting with people and wouldn't trade it for anything. I was born and raised in the Sunshine State. A fifth-generation Native Floridian, I graduated from Florida State University (go Seminoles!) - the same university my mom, my aunts, my cousins and even my sister attended. I am married to Danny "Chocolate" Myers. Chocolate was the gasman for the late Dale Earnhardt for nearly 20 years and still works with Richard Childress Racing, only now he's in "management". He also hosts a radio show each day from 11 to 3 on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 128 called "Tradin' Paint." I lost a 10-year-old daughter, Brandy, to leukemia. She was sick for five years. During that time, I spent countless nights at the Ronald McDonald House and logged countless hours with her in and out of the hospital, going through bone marrow aspirates and spinal taps and finally an autologous bone marrow transplant. She was bright and beautiful and I thank God every day for the time we had together. I am also blessed to be the mother of Alexi Nichole. Alexi attends Davidson County Community College, works at the Childress Vineyards and is a "semi-professional wake-boarder!" Last year we sold our old home in Lexington and moved fulltime to the log cabin on High Rock Lake. Some of my favorite sayings are: "God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good." "The events of my life, the circumstances of my life and the people around me in my life do not MAKE me the way I am, they REVEAL the way I am." "Carpe Diem - Seize the Day" and "Here am I, Lord, send me."