Debbie Cartina-smith:  

Who am I? Well on Feb. 20th 2008 I will be a 40 year old mother of one and hoping to add to my family this year. Wow! Am I really going to be that old? I suppose so. A lot has happend to me since graduating high school. I have been at the same job for almost 21 years. Yes that is a long time but I really love my job. I never went to college and sometimes regret that decision but am happy where I am in my life right now. I have been married to my wonderful husband Mark for 4 years. He is such a dedacated husband and father and I am forever grateful that he is in my life. The biggest change that has happend to me in the last 10 years is that I almost passes away. To make a very long story short I had Bacterial Infective Endocarditis and it almost ended my life. I was in the hospital when a piece of bacteria that was growing on my heart valve broke off and went to my brain and caused a mycotic aneurysm to burst which cause me to have a stroke. I had to have emergency endovascular b...Expand for more