I was born and raised in the great state of Tennessee. I was raised in the country and loved every minute of it. I must say I miss living in the country and "if" I ever win the lottery I plan to buy me some land out in the country here in Florida. It won't quite be the same as Tn., but I will make the best of it. Florida is now our home, because we love the weather here.. I now live in Florida, with my wonderful husband, and three of our kids still live at home. We met online in 1999, became friends, then we met for the first time in Aug.2000, and it was love at first sight. I will admit I was scared and almost didn't go through with the plan to meet him,but I am glad I did. We each have 3 children, but I claim his, and he claims mine. We have 5 grandkids, and a sixth one on the way, we also have 3 great grandkids. We moved to Florida in 2001, even though he had to come down here a few months aahead of me because my youngest daughter was 10 and had to have hip surgery or she would possibly be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, and we had to wait for her Dr to say it was okay for her to make the trip. the girls&I finally made the move in Feb, and then in Aug 2001 I was in an accident at work that left me permenantly disabled. Honey(Ron) took on the care of the kids, house and my care as well. I tried to get him to move on with his life but he said I was his life, so he has devoted his life to caring for me. we finally got married in May 2005.Our youngest daughter is 18 a senior in High School and pregnant with our sixth grandchild. We have tremendous faith in God and believe he will take care of us "no" matter what the circumstances may be. The Lord has watched over us through some rough years. In Aug.2005 Honey had quadtriple bypass, in Sept.2005 I went into a coma from complete renal failure and Dr's said I wouldn't live through the first day. honey called my Mother and everyone began to pray. I came out of my coma by the 4th day, and then had a stroke, three weeks later, needless to say I have some memory loss and often forget the simplest things. Before I met Honey I had been in some pretty horrific(abusive, both physical & verbal )marriages, and he has made the last eight yrs. seem like a dream, he treats me like a queen, and he is such a blessing from God. We have our disagreements, but believe it or not we "never" fight like alot of married people do. We "never" raise our voices at each other, not in anger anyway. I am hard of hearing and when our Godson was small his parents fought "all" the time, and he spent alot of his little life with us. Once when he as with us Honey was sitting in the recliner and I was at the computer and I had my back to him, so he had to raise his voice for me to hear him. Our Godson thought that Uncle Ron was mad at me and he went and hid in the closet. We bought went into the closet & explained to him that his Uncle Ron & Aunt Donna weren't fighting that when I didn't have my hearing aid in I couldn't hear, after this our Godson would check to make sure that I had my hearing aid in when he came to stay with us, & "if" I didn't then he would get it and say in ear Aunt Donna. He has helped me become a better person, and live my life different than I did. I spent 24 yrs working as a Certified Nursing Assistant and loved my career, and my patients were like family. I miss them "all" very much but my 15 yr old grand daughter says that God decided it was time for me to stop working and that is why I had the accident that keeps from working. She said that God had decided that it was time for me to be with my family, & give them all my love instead of working so much, and who knows maybe she is right. Even though I must say I went through a rough patch of depression when the Dr' said they couldn't repair the damage, and that I wouldn't ever be able to work again, lift more than 3-5 lbs., stand for more than a few minutes at a time, never bend, etc. I miss my work, I enjoy the time with my family & the summers with our teenage grand children when they come to florida. Our children are 18-44, Our grandchildren are ages 12-24 with our next grand child due in Oct 2008, our great grandchildren are ages 10months to 6 yrs. Yes I have a step son that is six months younger than me, and that is a little strange but it doesn't bother me or any of the rest of us. age is just a number. My darling husband will be 62 in Sept. and I will be 45 in Sept. Our lives are good and we make the most of every day. We are looking to make good friends to socialize with, to enjoy going with us in our RV camping to a campground that we have bought into, I hope to meet and make good lasting friends on here.