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Name: Ann E (Swedlund) Brennan
Graduation Year: 1984
Occupation: RN
Hometown: Grayslake IL
Family: Mike( husband) Katie & Scott (daughter & son-in-law) Christopher (19 yo son) Kellie (16 yo daughter)
From all my years at Edgewood, I'll never forget: Clinicals with Jane Lucht, the chem prof dressing up like a witch on Halloween, how close all the nursing students were (weren't we?!??!)
Favorite Edgewood Class: A & P with Sister Jeanette Physical Assessment with Kerri Kosmoski Choir, psych, etc etc etc
Favorite Food: Most any kind of fresh fruit or veggie
What's in my CD Player: James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Fergie, Vivaldi, Dixie Chicks, Jimmy Buffett etc etc etc
Favorite Book: "A Vision of Light" (Judith Merkel Riley) most anything written by Anne Lamott
Famous Person (living or dead) I'd like to meet: Jimmy Buffett (?)
If I had all the time in the world, I'd spend it: traveling
What really gets on my nerves is when: people are unkind to each other
If I could change one thing, I would: I wouldn't change anything
Peak experience: Visiting Juneau Alaska with my family
Favorite vacation spot: Mexico
Person who has had the greatest influence on me: Mom & Dad
I wish I knew how to: play the guitar AND ballroom dance (not at the same time)
Personal motto or favorite quote: Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth. by Mark Twain
Advice to Edgewood freshmen: See above quote AND nothing's impossible