Carol Reiger:  

I was part of the Hollidaysburg class of 1980 until the beginning of our sophomore year. I got pregnant and was taken to an unwed mother's home in Pittsburgh, by my mother, to be hidden away. Of course, while I was hidden away, my mother tried to have my unborn child given up for adoption. Thankfully, a judge told her she had no rights to do such a thing. Thirty seven years later- that child, my son, Master Sargent Nathan R. Reiger, will soon begin his 18th year in the United States Air-force. Unfortunately, he is being deployed this October to the Middle East for six months. As his mother, I am beyond worried about my son, who has been my world (along with his younger sister and brother) since the day each was born. Prayers please! We had a rough start, me, practically a baby myself, trying to raise a baby! I wouldn't change a thing in my life-everything happened the way it did and it's so ok! While in the home for the six months I completed the criteria needed to complete my sophomore year. After giving birth, Nathan and I left the unwed mother's home and moved to Altoona. I finished my schooling in Altoona after we returned returned.-there I could go ...Expand for more