We met in Louisiana. I was living with your sister. We spent
15+ hours in a car together on a return trip to Iowa. You asked me out on our
first date 1 year later. We married just 5 months after that first date. Since
that time together we have...
- purchased 3 homes including our current "dream house" that we designed.
- dearly loved two golden retrievers--Bozzy and George
- battled the challenges of infertility and conceived a son, Nicholas Johnathon our first born.
- survived the death of two wonderful, young, vibrant friends--Deb Sandry and Joan Herrig
- experienced "our ministry"--the foster care system that lead us to adoption.
- faced the criticisms of others for adopting 5 children with imperfect pasts, multiracial skin color and an unknown family lineage.
- accepted the Healthy Family Challenge and won!
- endured the ever changing John Deere shift schedule
- stayed married!
We look forward to the next 25 years together and plan to...
- stay married!
- enjoy an ample retirement
- love one more dog
- raise these 5 remaining children to be productive members of society--sure to be a challenge but a great life's work!
- spoil as many grandchildren as possible
- pray no one ends up in prison, killed or maimed
- pray there is no need to survive someone becoming sick or dying
- enjoy a lavish trip together just the two of us
- look forward to many more "date nights" than we had the first 25 years.
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