"I thought I was prepared for a layoff, but I wasn't."
Like most newlyweds, Mark and Terri dreamed of moving into their own home immediately after getting hitched. But their pre-wedding house shopping proved discouraging at best.
"I had considered walking away from my house."
A short three years ago Rhonda was suddenly faced with a future full of uncertainty when her husband of 15 years left her high and dry without so much as a goodbye note.
"I had no other options..I thought, until I found this"
Herb was raised in northern Indiana, which is on the eastern end of the Corn Belt. Farm life was tough but the family farm was successful and he never went without anything.