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1987: WE BECOME PARENTS!
DAVID IS BORN!
This is the year that we became parents. We spent the first part of the year setting up the nursery and getting ready f...
1986: WE BECOME HOME OWNERS
This was the year of our first house and the beginnings of our becoming parents.
You had always said that you wouldn’t want to h...
1985: BITTERSWEET GOOD-BYE
For Valentine’s Day this year, you sent flowers as you always did. But, you also took me to the Ice Capades in Capital Centre.
T...
WINTER 1984: ENJOYING NAVY LIFE AS MARRIED FOLKS
Winter brought in Thanksgiving. We celebrated this year by inviting all our NAVY friends that couldn’t afford to go home either. I bake...
SPRING/SUMMER 1984: SETTLING INTO MARRIED LIFE
The Spring brought back warmer temperature, and we were excited that we could afford a window air conditioner that cooled the entire ap...
FALL/WINTER 1983: NEWLYWEDS
Sometime in early Fall, you took a second job at Dart Drug store. It was always so comforting to know that you would do anything for me...
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...
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...