Ora Cartwright:  

After High School, I had a rocky start. I dropped out of college to take care of my sister while my mother and father were in the hospital for breast cancer and a heart attack. I worked part time at a lounge for a year or so. I went to work for the government at the Military Personnel Record Center for about 5 years. Even though I was attending college at night, getting promoted was difficult if you did not have a military background, so I joined the US Army. I was stationed in Heilbronn Germany for a couple of years and I met my husband while on active duty. I am the mother of three children, but one was killed in a car accident. My daughter and her husband blessed our family with a boy and a girl. My son was married 17 April 2010. My husband retired from the military and currently works for the Air Force at Shriver AFB here in Colorado. I retired, after 25 years of civilian service, three years ago. We are both volunteers for the Susan G Komen Foundation here in Colorado Springs. We are also host parents, for two young people from Brazil and one from Costa Rica, ...Expand for more