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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...
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 ...