Samantha's mother, Doneva Baker. Photo by M. Scott Moon Joe Romig proposed to Samantha Baker...thought it was going to hurt," he said. "It was OK." But Doneva Baker, Samantha's mother and guardian, nixed the idea at first...

...from family and funding through Frontier Community Services Inc. for caretaker supervision. Samantha's mother, Doneva Baker, and I pay their rent and grocery bills. They earn their spending money from their jobs. We relied on Frontier funding...

...funds meant a decrease in the number of hours a caregiver was with them, which meant Romig and Samantha's mother, Doneva Baker, would have to look after them. Joe and Samantha would vacate their Kenai apartment and move back in with their mothers...