Karen Everman:  

Who am I? Certainly not the person I ever thought I'd be. I am married to a wonderful man, Gary. We have all boys, twins that are 23, and a 16 year old. I work at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids Iowa as a Respiratory Therapist, been there for almost 19 years. We spend most of our time camping, canoeing and fishing in the summer time(which I am blessed with not having to work-still spoiled I guess). The winter is usually busy at work so my time is spent at the hospital with any free time dedicated to my 16 yr. old-Lucas, who is my athlete! He plays football, wrestles and throws shot and discus. We also manage to get up to Green Bay 2-5 times a season to watch my Pack sometimes kick butt!(We went up for a tour of Lambeau about 12 yrs. ago and I signed up for season club seat tickets-when they remodeled the stadium I was offered the chance to buy them and we have had them for the last 6 years). I lost my dad in 1989, that was a crappy year, my mom almost died when her bowel perforated-but they found the lung cancer early! (We just lost her in 2004). My oldest brother, Wayne died from a heart attack in May 1989. We almost lost one of my nieces and her baby when her placenta tore away. The...Expand for more