Karen Rothe:  

After high school I attended Northwest Missouri State for 2 years (hated every minute of it!!) then I became a mother and went to work full-time for the State of Nebraska. I stayed there for 20 years and quit shortly after my daughter graduated from high school due to the high level of stress in the job. Then worked for a printing company in Omaha for almost 18 years. I retired in March, 2010 at the age of 60. My daughter has blessed me with a wonderful son-in-law and 7 (yep, 7) beautiful grandchildren ranging in age from 14 down to almost 1. After retiring I moved from Council Bluffs to Falls City, NE to be closer to my daughter...didn't plan to be quite as close as I ended up...I bought a house right across the street from her family. It's working out very well, we respect one another's privacy, but are close enough to help each other out. There is nothing I love more than a visit from any one of the kids. My daughter is the joy of my life and I am very proud of her. She and her husband are excellent parents. She is a stay at home Mom who homeschools her children. They moved to Falls City in 2003 and I spent the next 7 years taking that 100 mile drive every 2-3 weeks and hating it! Loved spending time with them, but hated the drive. When she told me that she was having #7, I decided I was done working...I needed to be closer to her...and the kids. I knew tha...Expand for more