OUR FIRST VALENTINE’S DAY
You flew home on February 19 to celebrate a belated Valentine’s day and buy the car. The Fields agreed to allow payments. As we were vi...
OUR LOVE STORY
OUR FIRST “NEW YEAR”
You were able to come home the four days of January 17-21, 1983. It’s funny! After all these years, I can’t remember the specific thing...
OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS SEASON
Since it was the Christmas season, we decided to be a bit more responsible with finances, so you didn’t come home on your days off duri...
LONG-DISTANCE LOVE
The best thing about your being stationed at the Naval Annex was that your normal schedule was three days on/four days off, then four d...
LEARNING THAT LOVE MAKES “ORDINARY” DAYS SPECIAL!
You got a month leave between stations (October 12 – November 31, 1982). We were so excited! You brought me several bouquets of flowers...
BITTERSWEET GOOD-BYE TO THE SAIPAN
During the next six weeks (September 6 – October 11, 1982), you were training others on the ship as you were changing stations from the...
THE RING
This story has been told almost as many times as the “engaged in four days” story through the years.
You flew home on Friday, ...
LOVE LETTERS AND MEMORIES
You were back on the USS Saipan from July 19 through September 2. You sent me a dozen roses almost immediately when you got back to shi...
GOD WAS WITH US THROUGH IT ALL!
You had Friday, July 16, off so you came home for the weekend. We each had counted the days until we got to be together again. You rode...
KEEPING THE FLAME GOING ACROSS THOSE MANY MILES
uly 1, 1982, began the long distance part of our relationship. We wrote each other at least daily and called frequently, but we had to ...