Morgan Carmine

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Morgan Neal was born at Fort Benning, Chattahoochie County, Georgia, USA at 7:20 am on September 17, 1982, after a very difficult labor for her mother. She had a large bone structure, thanks to her father, and her mother was a petite woman standing not much taller than 5'2". Morgan lived in Columbus, Georgia until August of 1987, when her father took a position in Brunswick, Georgia. She grew up in a neighborhood that was a prominent middle class neighborhood and very few white families. This never hindered her, as she was raised to judge individuals by their actions and the way they treated her, and not by the color of their skin. Sadly, many of the children were not raised this way in the neighborhood, and she came home crying multiple times; until one time she told her father she thought the kids were making fun of her because she was very pale. They were calling her white girl. Her father, explained to her what was going on, and it didn't bother her from there. She was always someone who was friends with anyone who was nice; thus making it easier to make friends.

She grew up in this same house until after she graduated from high school in 2001. Her parents had divorced by then, as she was 15 when one November her father was served divorce papers by her mother. He was very upset and did not want their family broken up, and seeing her father so visibly upset has haunted her for many years. The divorce was good for her parents, although it caused her to feel singled out by her mother more without her father there. As she got older, her relationship with her father became stronger and she truly appreciated everything he did to make their relationship so much better. Unfortunately, her mother was very much the opposite. As Morgan's personality was very similar to her father's, her mother was extremely brash and hateful most times towards her. This caused Morgan to become extremely depressed. Thankfully she had a great therapist in high school who helped her realize her potential and that she didn't need to depend on anyone to get things done for herself.

Morgan went through many relationships until July 2014, where she met Freddy Neal. She honestly thought him to be autistic, but came to realize he was very shy and awkward. They grew, not only in their feelings toward each other, but also in their friendship. On December 30, 2014, they got married before he deployed for the first time. The Deployment was very hard on them and they dealt with family crisis one both sides of their family....but they currently are going on 13 years of marriage. In 2008, she found out she was pregnant through a pregnancy test at the military hospital. She had previously quit smoking 6 months prior, because she had read that it can cause your fertility to be lowered. While pregnant she started back in school to finish her associate's degree. Her first child was a son, who she named after both her father and her husband's father. He was a week late and came into the world with head full of soft black hair (the total opposite of her very light blonde hair). She had always believed in love at first sight, but after he was born, she cried she was so happy to have him. She thought he was the most beautiful little boy in the world.

Her husband, thankfully came home for his birth, but had to leave right back to Iraq a week later. In November, Freddy had to come home for emergency leave. His grandmother, who raised him, had contracted bacterial meningitis in the brain, and the doctors gave her a very small chance of recovering. She unfortunately passed on November 11, 2009. Ms. Patience had grown very close with Morgan and thought her to be great for her grandson; who she was very picky about. When their son was almost 8 months old, Freddy finally came home from his first deployment. In that same year, they were transferred to Fort Carson, Colorado for 5 years. Before they hit the road to move there, Morgan knew she was pregnant. About 2 weeks, her maternal grandmother told her husband to just get her a pregnancy test. It came back positive and in March of 2009, they had a little girl by emergency C-section, three weeks early. She was so little, that Morgan's mom had to run to Wal-Mart to buy a preemie outfit for her to come home in. They name the little girl after her best friend and sister; as these two were her best friends, outside of her husband.

As for 2012, it was a very hard year, as she lost many family members. Her mother's younger sister's husband, her uncle, passed due to throat cancer. He was a great man and very kind and funny. She didn't know him well, but the family who did know him, loved him. A few months later, her mother's family was hit with another loss. Her maternal grandfather died due to complications brought on by lung cancer. Her grandfather was very outspoken, but always treated her fairly when he found others treating unfairly or unkind. Additionally, Morgan was very hit very hard with the own death of her father on June 21, 2012. He died due to brain cancer that was spread from the lung cancer he had. She was very thankful that she had driven out in March to see him with the two kids. As he had not gotten to see her daughter yet and he got to meet her before he passed. When out in Delaware during this visit, she was getting ready to go meet him and her step-mother, when she got a frantic call from her step-mother saying he passed out on the bathroom floor and she would call her from the hospital.

Morgan debated for two minutes whether to wait, but decided she would rush to his house. When she arrived, the EMT's had just got him in and met her, saying that they would call in that she would be falling them to the hospital, but they were leaving in about 2 minutes. She speed behind the ambulance to the hospital in Milford, Delaware, where she called her sister to tell her the news that the EMT had told her that he had a stroke. When she arrived at the hospital, she met her step-mother in the waiting room; where after 30 minutes, she was allowed to go see him. She was extremely shocked at how he looked. He had aged so much and looked very differently. The nurse told her, that he could not talk and was paralyzed on his right side for the moment, but was coherent enough to know his surroundings. Morgan went straight her father's left side and grabbed his hand, telling him she was there with him.

Her father barely opened his eyes, but she could see that he knew who she was and he started to cry; which made her cry. He kept trying to communicate with her, but with the ability to speak gone from him at that time, all he could do was grunt. She was able to figure out he wanted water, and was able to give him a sip of water. Seeing him this way, broke her heart, but she refused to show that pain to him in that moment; knowing that his pride to be there for her at this time was already hurting him. She stayed with him as long as she could, knowing that she had left her frazzled stepmother with her two toddlers. She gave him a kiss and promised him that she would see him tomorrow. That night, she coordinated with her sister and mother to fly up the next day, as well as her husband who happened to be in Virginia for training for his job, to come up that weekend. Within 24 hrs, she had her mother and sister in Delaware. She knew her father didn't have much longer to live at this point, something just keep telling her conscience this. She extended her hotel stay for an additional five days, and had her mother there to watch her children, so she could spend time with her father as much as possible; as children were not allowed to be where he was.

Thankfully, as he started to get more mobility, the nurses allowed Morgan to sneak her children in, one at a time, to visit with their Pop Pop on that Saturday. Her father was happy to see Freddy there, being a War Veteran himself and retiring after 21 years in the Army, he was very close with him. They were able to talk about things, that both Morgan's father had seen during war time, and Freddy wasn't comfortable talking about. When he passed, she was very upset, but so thankful she did everything a few months back to allow everyone to see him; she also knew he was so happy to have everyone there as well, including her mother, who he asked to see. In 2013, many things came about. She found out she was pregnant again and her husband found out his unit was pushing him out due to his injury while deployed. So they moved back to her home state of Georgia, where they have struggle financially, but life has blessed them in many other areas.

In October, Morgan found religion and was baptized into the LDS faith. She had been searching for a church for about 2 years and never thought it would be the LDS faith, but Heavenly Father had other plans. On November 1, 2013, they welcomed a 2nd daughter, who got the two middle names to honor Freddy's grandmother, Ms. Patience and her paternal grandfather Glenn. So her middle names are Patience Glynne, and has blessed her family with many laughs. Morgan graduated with her MBA June 22, 2017 and found her true love in Genealogy. With this deep love of Genealogy, she has connected with many distant cousins throughout the world and has helped others in their search for unknown parentage. She has many goals in life and hopes to find work, whether volunteering or paid in genealogy. Her love of family, history, and family history have kept her busy and happy.

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