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Authors: Diane Fanning
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Judy. All grew up and moved away. Yet, somehow, they all found themselves drawn back to her sideâcompelled to be near her to perpetuate the warped family equation.
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L isa entered her marriage to Carl in 1986 torn between emulating the mother she loved and pushing away from the mom she resented. She longed for normalcy, stability and security, and yet she still followed her motherâs path.
In less than four years, Lisa had three daughters and a son. Desiree Nichole was born in 1987, Chelsea Lynne in 1988, Carl James Boman IIâwho everyone called C.J.âin 1989 and Kayla Deanna in 1990. After the birth of the fourth child, Lisa underwent a tubal ligation procedure under pressure from her husband to ensure that baby was her last. This frenzied bout of procreation foreshadowed the desperation that would possess Lisa once she was unable to have any more children. As long as she stayed pregnant, she felt confident that Carl would not leave no matter how serious their marital problems became.
Carl worked long hours to meet the high financial demandsof his family of six. Lisa stayed home to care for the children and the housekeeping.
But Lisa did not live up to her part of the bargain. The house was filthy and roach-infested. She was known to feed lunch to her children, on at least one occasion, by setting a cold casserole dish of leftovers on the floor in front of them while they played. She preferred to spend her time stretched out on the sofa reading. Her favorite books were novels by Stephen King.
Her lackadaisical attitude toward the maintenance of the family home drove Carl to distraction and spawned endless rounds of marital spats. According to family lore, as Lisaâs marriage deteriorated, she made a bad situation even worse by traipsing off for wild flingsâleaving her family for days or even weeks. Once she even showed up at a family reunion with another man.
One of Lisaâs friends contradicted that version of events, saying that Carl was the one who cheated on Lisaâagain and again. He also battered his wife on a regular basis, she said.
Whoever was violating their wedding vows, Carl had enough of the marriage. He filed for divorce in October 1993. He moved to Springdale, Arkansasâa town of 46,000 just north of Fayetteville on Interstate 540. Nestled in the northwest corner of the state in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale was surrounded by a lush, natural beauty. It was difficult to decide which season was the most glorious time of year thereâspring with its explosive rebirth of brilliant green or autumn with the variegated splendor of turning foliage.
Springdale was an embarkation point for scenic train trips through the Ozark Mountains, the corporate headquarters for chicken giant Tyson Foods and the home of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum was dedicated to the development of an understanding and appreciation of the history of northwest Arkansas. The collections in its six historical buildings included 400,000 photographic images of life in the six-county region.
Carl was states away now, but Lisa was not ready to giveup on her marriage yet. She packed up the kids and followed him to his new home.
At the end of 1993, Lisa looked Carl in the eye and said that she was pregnant with a fifth child. It was the perfect way to manipulate him, and she knew it. Carl was aware that sheâd had her tubes tied at his request, but he also knew that, on occasion, the procedure failed.
As a family, they attended the Fayetteville Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints on Old Wire Road in Springdale. The denomination was an offshoot of the traditional Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church that had split from the home body over the election of Brigham Young as church leader more than a century before. In 2002, this Independence, Missouri-based denomination of 250,000 members in fifty countries changed their name to the Community of Christ.
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L isa entered her marriage to Carl in 1986 torn between emulating the mother she loved and pushing away from the mom she resented. She longed for normalcy, stability and security, and yet she still followed her motherâs path.
In less than four years, Lisa had three daughters and a son. Desiree Nichole was born in 1987, Chelsea Lynne in 1988, Carl James Boman IIâwho everyone called C.J.âin 1989 and Kayla Deanna in 1990. After the birth of the fourth child, Lisa underwent a tubal ligation procedure under pressure from her husband to ensure that baby was her last. This frenzied bout of procreation foreshadowed the desperation that would possess Lisa once she was unable to have any more children. As long as she stayed pregnant, she felt confident that Carl would not leave no matter how serious their marital problems became.
Carl worked long hours to meet the high financial demandsof his family of six. Lisa stayed home to care for the children and the housekeeping.
But Lisa did not live up to her part of the bargain. The house was filthy and roach-infested. She was known to feed lunch to her children, on at least one occasion, by setting a cold casserole dish of leftovers on the floor in front of them while they played. She preferred to spend her time stretched out on the sofa reading. Her favorite books were novels by Stephen King.
Her lackadaisical attitude toward the maintenance of the family home drove Carl to distraction and spawned endless rounds of marital spats. According to family lore, as Lisaâs marriage deteriorated, she made a bad situation even worse by traipsing off for wild flingsâleaving her family for days or even weeks. Once she even showed up at a family reunion with another man.
One of Lisaâs friends contradicted that version of events, saying that Carl was the one who cheated on Lisaâagain and again. He also battered his wife on a regular basis, she said.
Whoever was violating their wedding vows, Carl had enough of the marriage. He filed for divorce in October 1993. He moved to Springdale, Arkansasâa town of 46,000 just north of Fayetteville on Interstate 540. Nestled in the northwest corner of the state in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale was surrounded by a lush, natural beauty. It was difficult to decide which season was the most glorious time of year thereâspring with its explosive rebirth of brilliant green or autumn with the variegated splendor of turning foliage.
Springdale was an embarkation point for scenic train trips through the Ozark Mountains, the corporate headquarters for chicken giant Tyson Foods and the home of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum was dedicated to the development of an understanding and appreciation of the history of northwest Arkansas. The collections in its six historical buildings included 400,000 photographic images of life in the six-county region.
Carl was states away now, but Lisa was not ready to giveup on her marriage yet. She packed up the kids and followed him to his new home.
At the end of 1993, Lisa looked Carl in the eye and said that she was pregnant with a fifth child. It was the perfect way to manipulate him, and she knew it. Carl was aware that sheâd had her tubes tied at his request, but he also knew that, on occasion, the procedure failed.
As a family, they attended the Fayetteville Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints on Old Wire Road in Springdale. The denomination was an offshoot of the traditional Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church that had split from the home body over the election of Brigham Young as church leader more than a century before. In 2002, this Independence, Missouri-based denomination of 250,000 members in fifty countries changed their name to the Community of Christ.
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