Carole Ingle:  

Wow! Where to begin. I've been in Florida since 1972, bringing my 3 girls and husband who had MS, with me. Al's health deteriorated as did his mental health and sadly, we divorced in 1980 after 22 years of marriage. There were many hard times but the good definitely outweighed the bad and my girls have always been the light of my life. Three years later, I remarried Charles, a lieutenant on the fire department and long story short, we were married for 32 years, making our crafts, me the artist/painter and he the woodworker. Before retirement, I was a Medical Office Manager/Transcriptionist for 25 years. After retirement, we joined the Art community, putting up our artist tent and selling our paintings/crafts and dong quite well. Eventually, when health took over, and we could no longer stay on the artist's circuit, I painted plaques and displayed them at a local airport restaurant and gave the proceeds to a local food pantry. I have been very close to my 3 girls, two of whom homeschooled their children and so far, have graduated with high honors and two are planning on going to Guatamala on a missi...Expand for more