Karen Ainsley:  

Well....hello..... Yes, I am alive. Barely. Boy who would have guessed the road to 45 would have so many curves. I am living alone in Wausau, WI. I love it here in the north woods. I just moved my mom here to be close to me. Mike my brother is still in Florida, in the New Port Richey area. He just got remarried to a wonderful lady named Donna and they just adopted thier 2 yr. old grandchild as thier own. Dad died many years ago, I miss him dearly. So mom is very close to me. He loves the beach and I love the snow. It is fall with the beautiful colors now up here and 40' at night. In 1997 I was married to a guy from here in Northern Wisconsin. We remodeled 2 houses together and built a business up after the grocery store we managed sold. We started with a butcher shop/deli and ended up with a restaurant and car dealership. We were doing quite well in Land O Lakes, WI. Then we had a daughter and she died. All went to hell after that. He became a very mean abusive drunk, walked away from the business and me. So then I had to close, move and start over. I could not get a job up there, but I got one in Wausau, 2 hours away. So I relocated by myself and bought a tiny house for me and my Black Lab Thunder. Then h...Expand for more