Kayla Ernhart:  

Life I married right out of high school, New Years Eve of 82, to a wonderful man, who turned out to be an even more wonderful father. We were married for 19 years and had two beautiful girls together. He was in the Navy for the first 6 years of our marriage so we lived in Florida and South Carolina when he got out we moved back to North Little Rock. I went to work for my parents at Phillips Bros Towing, so that I could have flexible hours and be there for our girls school activites and other numerous functions, dance, gymnastics,softball, drill team, modeling, shopping, etc... NEVER A DULL MOMENT... BUT I loved every moment of it and would gladly do it over... NOT that I'm not a mother anymore, a mother's job is never done, but they are at least self-suffcient now at 17 & 19. By this I mean they can feed and cloth themselves, oh yeah and drive. I almost feel lost not transporting them and a 1/2 dozen of their friends here and there daily. We moved to Cabot about 5 years ago. I love it here. I am still working with my parents after all these years, I am also now divorced, but on good terms. We have what seems like a small petting zoo at our house, 2 Golden Retrievers, 1 Black Lab, 2 Yorkies, 7 cats, 2 chinchillas,a handful of hamsters, an African Grey Parrot and 1 iguana (don't ask)... the kids drug them all home 1 at a time, knowing if it made it thru the front door and I looked at it, I wouldn't make them take it back. They learned early on not to ask first. I turned 41 on my last birthday, and I have to say that I am happy with what life has dealt me so far, and I am e...Expand for more