STARTING OUT AS HUSBAND AND WIFE: LIVIN’ ON LOVE
Once we arrived as husband and wife in Arlington, I began applying for jobs. God has always taken care of us as I found a position as a...
OUR LOVE STORY
MR. AND MRS. ROSE BEGIN THE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
After the wedding, we drove over to Ironton, Ohio, and stayed in a nice hotel for our wedding night. But, before we got there, we reali...
BECOMING MR. AND MRS. ROBERT ROSE
THE FORMAL PLEDGE BEFORE GOD AND THE WORLD (OR "THE HOUR LONG WEDDING", IN YOUR WORDS)
After the pictures, the music began at 6:00. Th...
THE BIG DAY!
This was the best day of my life at this point. I got to become Mrs. Robert Edward Rose. I awoke early – like a child on Christmas morn...
SETTING UP HOUSE
About a month before we were to be married, Mom, Dad, and I piled all the furniture from my bedroom in the back of Grampsy’s red truck ...
GOD GAVE ME YOU!
We visited Gran and Gramps quite frequently on your visits home, as I was very close to them and you respected them so much. Yet, one t...
MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE
Next was flowers. Granny and I went to a large artificial floral shop and had fun selecting samples. We then narrowed these down with i...
I SAID, “YES TO THE DRESS” – EVEN IN 1983
Once the car was bought and we moved the wedding to June 4, I was then in full wedding planning. Not that I hadn’t been before, but it ...
SPRING 1983: ALREADY A STRONG TEAM
Spring began the frequent trips back and forth. You now had a car, so could drive.
Yet, before we begin with the memories, I am ...
OUR FIRST OVERNIGHT TRIP AND OUR FIRST SPRING BREAK
During Spring Break, I went up to D.C. with you to see our new home. We stayed with Josh Beckham and his fiancé. They were renting a ho...