Bonnie Roach:  

Life Life; where do you begin and where do you end?!?! That's a difficult question to answer. But my stage in life now is at a later stage in life. I am now taking care of my father, which is the switch from him taking care of me in the beginning. Mom's gone and my brother is always too busy. So it's me that is here to do what I as a daughter and one who loves Dad will do till I'm no longer needed. But in the meantime, I do have a life that I lead with kids, grandkids and work. As time goes on, I'll add the tidbits that make up my life. I am now divorced after 30 yr. marriage. He had a mid-life crisis(lol). Have 2 daughters(Michele & Suzanne) & 4 grandkids(Derek[25], Mark[21], Josh[16] and Caitlin[13]). I work as an assistant to the director of several programs for the mentally ill.[UPDATE: I have semi-retired as of February 2010, but am in the process of buying a group home for the Developmentally Disabled and hiring staff for it. I guess I need to be in the caregiving mode as it will fill the void from Dad being gone.] Mom passed away on 8/15/2001. I now am living with Dad and taking care of him, he's 90 now. (He thinks I am 16 again!)It's rough, but it's what I feel I am to do(take care of Dad, that is). [UPDATE: Dad passed away on December 1, 2009. That was a VERY hard time for me... I struggled quite a bit to get through that because Dad and I had become sooooo close. He went to be with the Lord and Mom on Mom's birthday, which was fitting. He had his family all around him when he died. Ken was on one side and I was on the other. He had died on the day after Thanksgiving but they resusitated him, which they shouldn't have, but he never came back to us completely. He was on life support and after many tests and some time, I had to make the decision to pull the support and let him pass on. Hardeest decision in my life!!!!! For those out there who care about their loved ones, get a DNR and don't put them through that. Dad has now been gone for 5 months. Doesn't seem like but he has.]Oldest grandson is my heart!!! Love Florida & have a passion for the water and outdoors. Would love to go back and see you all and Lodi again(but only in the summer, hate the cold). It's been 27 yrs since I've been there. [UPDATE: Got back for a family reunion in June of 2007. Was strange seeing the old homestead and town. Sure seems different than I remember. Guess time does that to you. And Dad got to see his home town for the last time and his sisters that were still alive. Glad we took him up.]Still a country gal. My oldest is twice divorced and my youngest is a widow. Her husband was a deputy who got killed in an accident in 2004, 5 months after hurricane "Charley" hit us. "Charley" destroyed my oldest's home and did heavy damage ...Expand for more