Carmen Bennett:  

Life Born in Cottonwood County , Mountain Lake MN; Grew up on a farm close to Windom, and Jeffers. Graduated from Windom HS June 1965. Went to Worthington Junior College. Currently living in Albuquerque New Mexico.....High Desert. We are living in the SW corner of ABQ. We are only 20 miles West of the Sandia Mountains. We moved here in November 2004 from Apple Valley MN. Larry, my other half, is retired, and after doing a thorough nation wide climate research, decided that Albuquerque has some of the best weather in the US. It is a very mild climate year round, low humidity, no mosquitoes, (unless you live near water, and not much water around here except the Rio Grande River.) 2005 was an interesting year for us weather wise, and still is. We love it here! And it doesn't get as hot as Phoenix or Southern AZ or Southern NM or Texas. People actually come here to cool off! LOL! The Albuquerque City Lights at night time are the most breath taking view you will find anywhere ! Acres and acres of golden lights for miles.....with unobstructed views. Like Golden shimmering diamonds in the night sky ! It is something you have to see and experience for yourself! I am divorced from a 22 year marriage, and now a widow after my ex-husband passed away in April 2008. My 2 children are grown, and my daughter Kerry, age 36, is married, and has given me two Grandsons; and a granddaughter. One was born March 16th, 2005; the 2nd one, January 1st, 2007; and a daughter March 09, 2011. She moved from MN, to Colorado in Sept. 2007 because of her husbands job promotion. My son, Robert, is almost 43, and is a professional truck driver. I have 2 biological children; 6 step; one foster son; and several extended family members. At the age of 28, I had 9 kids under one roof. That was a challenge! In January 1970 I became the ORIGINAL AND SOLE Founder of a Single Parents Group called: SINGLE PARENTS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. It was originally my brainchild, and was in my possession until April 1970 when GMAE (Greater MN Assoc. of Evangelicals ) took it over after asking my permission. The First 3 months was a bit tough getting it off the ground, and it was just me promoting it for quite awhile. Than it caught on, and began snowballing. It has become a huge success, and has branched out to other cities and states, so I have been told. My own cousin who was widowed young, met her current husband through the group I started. They have always been forever grateful to me. At the First Anniversary, and their 25th Anniversaries I was honored and recognized a...Expand for more