“I grew up in a household where I never saw affection. Well, I saw it from one individual, the female, but not from the male. He was always too macho. “It was a physically abusive environment. Not toward me, but the female. When I saw … Continue reading‘I had a lot of confusion about how a man should treat a woman’
“I’ve always had this dry sense of humor that she understood and appreciated. When we’d go to a restaurant and the waitress would come up, I’d say, ‘Can you please tell the other waitresses that I’m sorry, but I’m already married.’ And Denise would laugh. … Continue reading‘Dementia is definitely a cruel thing’
“Tim and I went with my brother to tour NASA. You get on the little tram, and it lets you off to look at stuff in the different buildings. Then you catch the next tram to continue the tour. But when the next tram came, … Continue readingSurprise proposal leads to long marriage
“It was all kind of a blur for me. All I know is that I woke up in a hospital bed with a half-shaved head. The first thing I asked my nurse was, ‘Can you get me some lip balm?’ Because I need stuff on … Continue readingHusband ‘my rock’ through surgery, stroke
“We’re a combined family. He has seven kids from his previous marriage and I have two. I also have custody of my two grandkids, so together we have 11. Eight of them live at home. “After being off almost a whole year, we’re both blessed … Continue reading‘I literally fell in love with him all over again’
“We both had been married once and divorced once. They were abusive relationships and traumatizing experiences. So exiting that, it was kind of like, I don’t know if I’ll ever get married again. “When he and I got together, from the very beginning, we had … Continue readingDivorce quite different during pandemic
“Whenever I’ve been in need, people have been there to do for me. That always touched me. And although I’ve gone through some difficult times, it’s made me a better, stronger person. It’s given me a greater heart. Mike and I have been so blessed. … Continue reading‘When we see someone hurting, we want to help’
“I was 21 when I had my first child and 23 when I had my second. My stepmom always talks about us being babies. She’ll say, ‘You were babies having babies.’ Our son is 21 now and our daughter is 18. They’re both off at … Continue readingWith kids at college, second honeymoon begins
“My mom gardened a lot when I was younger. And way, way back, my grandfathers on both sides were potato farmers from Maine. So I wonder if there’s not something in my genes that just makes me want to grow stuff. “My husband and I … Continue readingTheir garden is their refuge
“We had three senior dogs, and we lost all of them because they were just at that age. One of them, Pablo, was a medical response dog. I trained him because I have two brain aneurysms. I was having neurological events where I would lose … Continue readingMedical response dog watching for falls