Joyce Burns:  

I married right out of school and by 21 I had 3 wonderful kids. When I was 27 My sister-in-law died of breast cancer and we welcomed her 3 children into our home. We didn't have much and it got rough sometimes but we muddled thru. I worked as a waitress, a house keeper, & in retail stores. I went back to school and got a business degree and worked in an office for a couple of years. I moved around a lot thru the years and met some very interesting people and saw some beautiful parts of our fantastic country. Everywhere I went taught me something more about taking care of myself and how blessed I really am. I saw a lot of happiness but I also saw way to much sadness and suffering. No matter where I went something kept calling me back home and I managed to make it back to the beautiful hills and my loving family. A lot of sadness and sorrows came into my life. My son Tony was killed by a tornado in 1997 at the age of 30. He saved a woman and baby before a tree blew down and killed him. He left behind a six month old baby boy and 3 step children and thier mother. In the years to follow I lost more of my loved ones and with each one a piece of my heart went with them. I found out how important family and friends are. I did things I never thought I would be able to handle and found inner str...Expand for more