Karen L Godfrey:  

I always felt so ugly in high school. After high school I had a complete make over and learned how to put on make up. My father taught me all survival skills so I could take care of myself. I never thought any of what my father taught me would be helpful in my career dealing with 800 crazy maximum security prison inmates. Working in the prison system as an officer was challenging and I was never bored. My dad and mom were always so proud of me and so supportive. The past seventeen years without them has been so hard. They died within 3 months of each other and I was devastated. I was married for 17 years and was extremely unhappy. Never give up your dreams for anyone else, no matter what I did it was not good enough he would promise I could go back to school but when that time came he always had a reason that I couldn't. I got so tired of feeling cheated and like "is this all there is"? So I took my kids and walked. Years later I met my second husband Steve he is almost 15 years older than me. I tried to run him off but he stuck with me. He is the best man I have ever met. We just celebrated our 19th anniversary. I enjoy traveling, I will hop on a plane in a hot minute! One of the first things I did was get a passport. I met my son in Germany when he took his R & R from his deployment to Afgh...Expand for more