VERA>How we met

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Hi :

Yeah! I'm sorry I have to be going through this at times also, but I

get over it. )

I'M SURE THERE ARE PARTS OF LIFE WE'D ALL JUST AS SOON AVOID, BUT…

THE LOWS MAKE THE HIGHS THAT MUCH BETTER.

The mood swing's are one of the hardest part of the msa that I find

dealing with, but it isn't as bad as trying to put sunshade on the

window's .

GUESS I MISSED THAT ONE. WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

How we made it through that I'm not sure. Maybe it was because we

stopped with the one room.

Fred and I have been married 28 years. CONGRADULATIONS!

We have three kids SO DO WE. ALL GIRLS. 11, 7, AND 6

and our 9th grandchild will be born in Dec. WELL, WE'D BEST NOT HAVE

ANY OF THOSE FOR A WHILE. IN FACT, I FIGURED I'D BE 60 OR SO BEFORE

THE FIRST WAS BORN – IF OUR DAUGHTERS FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS.

So you've been married 16 year's. YEP. IN JUST ONE MORE DAY!

How did you meet? I'd love to hear the story. WELL, SINCE YOU ASKED…

WE MET AT A CHRISTIAN WORKSHOP – THE " TULSA SOUL WINNING WORKSHOP " .

WE MET THERE AT A TIME WHEN I HAD JUST BROKEN UP WITH SOMEONE WITH

WHOM I WOULD HAVE BEEN " UNEQUALLY YOKED. " IN MANY WAYS, SHE WAS WHAT

I HAD WANTED, BUT THERE WERE SOME KEY AREAS WHERE WE THOUGHT

DIFFERENTLY. I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO GET MARRIED BEFORE THAT POINT.

BUT, AFTER THAT I DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO WAIT. IN FACT, I HAD

DECIDED I WOULD QUIT LOOKING – UNTIL I WAS DONE WITH MY PH.D.

SO, I WENT TO THIS WORKSHOP, AND SO DID DONNALEE. SHE WAS LIVING IN

S.E. OK, AND ATTENDING THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY. I WAS LIVING IN ST.

LOUIS, AND PREPARING FOR ENTRANCE INTO A MASTER'S PROGRAM.

WE MET AT A CLASS. SHE WAS ALREADY SITTING THERE (THESE " CLASSES "

HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THEM) AND I SAT DOWN BESIDE HER

(HEY – I WASN'T `LOOKING' BUT I WASN'T BLIND EITHER :-)

SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SIGN TO ME. I MUST HAVE GIVEN HER A REAL

PUZZLED LOOK. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS DOING. SOON, SHE REALIZED

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, AND SHE ASKED ME IF I SIGNED. I SAID NO. SHE

ASKED ME IF THIS WAS THE CAFETERIA. I SAID NO. SHE ASKED ME IF I

KNEW WHERE IT WAS? I LOOKED OVER MY SHOULDER – AND POINTED TO A BIG

SIGN WITH GIGANTIC LETTERS – C-A-F-E-T-E-R-I-A. SHE APPEARED A BIT

EMBARRASSSED AND EXCUSED HERSELF.

SOMEHOW, SHE HAD MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME.

I CAUGHT UP WITH HER AFTER CLASS, AND ASKED HER IF SHE WROTE LETTERS

(YEAH – THIS WAS BACK IN THE DARK AGES :0)

SHE SAID SHE DID, SO WE EXCHANGED ADDRESSES.

I THINK SHE INVITED ME TO LUNCH WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS, BUT… I WAS

BROKE (A COMMON STATE FOR ME) AND HAD A LUNCH I BROUGHT WITH ME IN

THE TRUNK OF MY CAR.

LATER, WE WERE ALL IN THE COLLISEUM. THAT BUILDING HOUSES SOMETHING

LIKE 20,000 PEOPLE – AND IT WAS FULL. I LOOKED ALL OVER, AND FOUND 1

OF 2 PEOPLE I KNEW THERE. JUST SO HAPPENS THAT HE WAS SITTING A

COUPLE OF ROWS IN FRONT OF DONNALEE AND HER FRIENDS.

I SAW THEM, BUT I ACTED AS THOUGH I DID NOT.

I THEN SAW THE ONLY OTHER PERSON I KNEW THERE – AND GOT UP TO GREET

HIM.

WHEN I RETURNED TO MY SEAT – THERE WAS A NOTE WITH A FUNNY FACE THAT

SAID " LOOK BEHIND YOU " . I DID – AND THAT WAS THAT…

WELL – THAT'S THE SHORT STORY ANYWAY….

WE BEGAN WRITING THEN.

I WROTE NOVELS, AND SHE WROTE POSTCARDS. WELL – ALMOST :0)

THAT WAS MARCH. WE DID OKAY AT WRITING, AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ME

TO STOP AND STAY AT SOME FRIENDS' ON MY WAY TO GRADUATE SCHOOL.

WELL… I'M AT MY NEXT DESTINATION – SO… ASK ME FOR CHAPTER 2 LATER.

THANKS FOR ASKING ABOUT THE STORY. I LOVE TO TELL IT – JUST LIKE THE

ONE ABOUT HOW GOD SAVED ME. GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED ME – TO THIS DAY.

What do you have planned at the in_law's?

WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING DOWN TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW'S TO PICK HER UP.

THEN WE'RE GOING BACK UP NORTH TO HER UNCLE'S. STAYING THERE ABOUT

36 HOURS AND THEN DRIVING HER MOM BACK HOME. THEN, IT'S OUR TURN TO

COME HOME. HER MOM IS FINE – JUST DOESN'T LIKE TO TRAVEL – SO WE'RE

GOING TO GET HER AND TAKE HER WITH US. ADDS 2 DAYS, AND 10 HOURS OF

ROAD TIME (AT LEAST) – BUT… DONNALEE IS THE ONE DRIVING!

I know I ask to many question's, but my father always told me, if you

don't ask, you won't know. )

OH… YOU DON'T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS… ASK AWAY. I DON'T MIND.

ALWAYS CONCERNED I'M SAYING TOO MUCH! :-)

Take Care

Vera

YOU TOO.

PABLO