Amy Carroll:  

If you have ever watched the T.V. show Everybody Loves Raymond, that is almost the story of my life as it is now, except with a few changes. After High School I went to Missouri Valley College and graduated with a B.A. in Speech Comm. and Theatre in 1991. That summer I got married to Kevin Carroll (aka Raymond) and moved to Carmel, Indiana. Carmel was O.K. but it is kind of like the Clayton of St. Louis and people are way too into themselves. I got my teaching certification from Indiana University and taught school (which I loved). We moved to downtown Indianapolis after about five years in Carmel. We lived downtown for about seven years. After Christopher was born in 1999 I became a stay at home mom. I use the term "stay at home" very loosely here. I am not that patient...(thus the epic story on the classmates thing that only two people will read)... so I started a business selling my art work while...uh..."staying at home". Apparently I will never be one of those really good 1950's like housewives that pop out kids every year. Not only do I do the melodramatic almost die in childbirth deathspirals I also don't do the pregnancy thing very well either. Christopher was ten weeks early and weighed 2 pounds 3 oz. Eight and a half years later Zachary (our little surprise when we thought we couldn't have anymore) was 3 pounds 3 oz. and eight weeks early. Both boys are the absolute lights of our lives and as far as "normal" goes I always say..."They are as normal as anyone in our family ever gets." Christopher Paul is Nine and is always on the Honor Roll at School in Speedway. He is so good I have asked every teacher he has ever had to encourage him to not try to be so perfect. He is the kid that I wish that, just once, he would get in trouble at school. Zachary Dietz on the o...Expand for more