Nadene Carpenter:  

My husband passed away in March 2013. We were married 43 1/2 years. Life moves on so you have to pick up the pieces and move on. Life is too short to wallow in pity. I volunteer at Kaiser South Sacramento doing Pet Therapy and other projects. I also am on the board of Friends of Stone Lake Wildlife Preserve near Elk Grove, CA. I still live on the 3 1/2 acres we moved to in 1980. With fruit tress and garden to tend I have fresh fruit and vegetables to eat. I do my part to conserve resources. My working career was varied and much joy. I was a stay at home mom for many years but was offered a fantastic job managing the health and welfare prgoram for a local school district. I love solving problems and navigating the pitfalls of the health care system. As our son was graduating from high school and realizing that there was no upward mobility from my job I took a job as "DA Tax Collector" with the State Board of Equalization. The job was more education than tax collecting. Teach the dummy where he is making the mistakes then he goes away untiul he fires his accountant and the new one hasn't a clue. I ret...Expand for more