Hal Carpenter:  

Life I was married 10/13/1984 to Rochelle. We had two daughters, first Melissa 7/27/85, second Mary 10/26/86. We divorced 4/10/91. After a few hard years we changed our lifes around and started dating again and remarried 4/10/99. Life was great, family was great, work was great(a superintendant working for a general contractor remodeling fast food restaurants), having lots of fun. Then it happened. Our youngest, Mary, just turned 14, died from a severe asthma attack on 11/30/2000, exactly one week after thanksgiving that year. A VERY CRUSHING BLOW to us all. Life on this earth will never be the same again. If that wasn't enough, the good Lord put us to the test again, although not as bad this time. I was involved in a serious work accident 5/21/2001. Building a Jack in the Box, I fell of a roof about 17-18 feet. Multible injuries, too much to go into here, but I am in extreme pain all the time. OUCH!! I can walk now, but it took a while to re-learn how to, and I need assistance(i.e. a cane). Thanks to our governor, at that time, the worker's comp. system is a joke now. Good people, like ourselves, are suffering finaincially, physically and emotionally b...Expand for more