Glenda Palmer-Pyatt:  

Life After graduating from Mehlville, I just worked different jobs and helped several friends with their children. As the saying goes always a bridesmaid never a bride. Then in 1991 at the age of 36, I meet a wonderful, caring man whose name was Richard Palmer. He thought he was a confirmed bachelor. We were brought together by a computer service called Singles Telephone. Well, needless to say it was a match made in heaven. Within 3 months we were engaged, on the day we meet a year later were married. We enjoyed so much together. One of our greatest gifts in our lives was being foster parents for Teenagers, from broken homes. My life with him was truly a blessing plus a dream come true Then, May 2006 my world was met with great tragedy. I came home; found my beloved husband not breathing faced down on a bed. He had passed away from a massive heart attack, at the age of 51. Extremely in shock I was very devastated. I felt like my world had fallen apart, plus I couldn't believe, I was the last of my friends to get married but the first to lose a spouse. 2006 became the year that I really grew up as a person. Within 5 months of Rick's passing. I lost my close plus dearest classmate friend Trudy Madden Nickles; to a rejection from a liver transplant she had in 2004. Within 6 weeks of being diagnosis with lung cancer, my loving caring older brother Donald Ross passed away as well. I never question why this happening to me. I just went, an did some serious grief counseling alone; and then group counseling. Taking this direction in my life was exactly what made me the person I am today. You learn so much from grief. It does become a reality that death really changes your life forever. By the end of 2006, my life had changed again. This time great happiness came my way. I meet someone in my grief counseling, who also experience the same tragedies of death in 2006 as well. His name is Kenneth Pyatt who becomes my husband in June 2007. We found out we have lived right by each other growing up. Had traveled, plus lived in some of the same places throughout our lives. We knew it was a higher power that brought us together, no matter what anyone thought about it being way too soon. We now have 3 dogs, Kendra 12 years old, Rae-Jeen 9 yrs. old, both are Border Collies, Gwenneth a Choc. Lab/Mix 7 years old. We are also raising Chickens & Guinea's. Right now we have 15 Chickens of all varieties, 4 Guinea's and one Rooster . It is only quiet at The Pyatt Farm when all are sleeping. Ken and I are both retired. I have completed a lung study at St Luke's Hospital. This continues to be monitor on a monthly basis through several doctors at St. Luke’s Hospital. I have lost several relatives on my Dad side to the disease. Along with me having severe pneumonia which was missed diagnosis as severe cold. Due to severe health issues, plus several surgeries; I am happy to say with great doctors I am doing pretty well now. Ken (MY Husband) is now going through...Expand for more