I'm Carl Farmer, husband, father, uncle, brother, Papa, friend and Veteran.

I have a large aneurysm and will need open brain surgery. I'm not sure what my wife, children, and grandchildren will need, but if things should go south, we will need some help for my wife to afford to stay in our current house.

Life insurance will cover burial expenses and things of that nature, but they may not cover a lot of other things that will let my wife enjoy time with our granddaughters. My wife has been a school teacher for 38 years for middle school math in inner-city schools and has made a great contribution to our community. I don't wanna leave her high and dry. This would be the only reason I would ask for any kind of assistance or contributions.

That's ok if you can't, that's OK. I'm sure we'll be fine.

I never really liked asking for any kind of assistance. I just always thought that was not good, but in this case, I just want my wife and my children and grandchildren taken care of.