`` it was ... yes , those were heady times , anyway , after college i met and married a local businessman ; we produced one beautiful child before my husband died of cancer ; his death left a dreadful mark on my daughters spirit , it was a hard death and she was impressionably young , she threw herself into her studies , qualifying as a surgical nurse as soon as she left school , she was also an avid horse rider , and spent all her free time at her grandparent 's neighbor 's horse riding farm .