Vickie Ramirez:  

Life I live in Ionia and have since 1973,an now moved back to Belding since all 4 of my parents have passed away as well as my brother Ron I have my three daughters but do not see very ofter though the youngest and her 9 year old son have moved in with me, have worked at General Tire for almost 10 years and bartended for 15 years. Love to shoot pool and use to play on Busch Leagues for many years but have not played much since I was in an auto accident in January 1999 and had a closed head brain injury. Doing better now helping take care of my parents as they are getting older, learned alot about Kidney Failure, Blindness, and all about dialysis since September 30, 2003 my dad ended up blind and with brain damage after Triple A Anuersym surgery and his kidneys first failed then .... needless to say August 1, 2005 dad went into total renal failure and we almost him. I thank God every day that he is still with us though it saddens me that his independence and life as he knew it is no longer the way it should be in the so called "Golden Years! when you work a...Expand for more