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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...
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 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...