For her caring husband, ‘time to enjoy life’
“I’ve had cancer and lost both my breasts. It wore down my husband, taking care of me while I was going through it all. He’s almost 80, so I figured it’s time for him to enjoy...
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She summons strength to deal with deaths
“My first husband died in a car wreck when he was 22 and I was pregnant with my son. My second husband went in for a hernia repair and got a staph infection. It hit his...
She misses hugs from husband of 50 years
“Our first date was at a drive-in. It was on his birthday, Nov. 6, 1964. We saw ‘Ride the Wild Surf.’ On Thanksgiving night he proposed to me and I accepted. It all happened pretty fast....
After losing her husband, she returns to college
“He was a deputy sheriff in Chambers County and was on his way to work when it happened. He made it home, but we didn’t realize it was a stroke because he was acting pretty normal....
She’s had her share of unexpected family deaths
“I married a man who was a descendant of the pioneering Wooster family. The Woosters came to this area in the pre-Humble Oil days and settled over on the west side of town where Baytown Nature...
He’s working hard to keep those bills paid
“My husband works out of town, which has been a little hard on my son. His dad is in Colorado right now and has been gone off and on since August. But it’s good because we’re...
After surviving cancer, crash takes husband
“All last summer was spent driving my husband to MD Anderson. He was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, so he had radiation and he suffered terribly. Two weeks after finding out he was cancer free,...
‘I don’t do wedding cakes; I’m scared of bridezillas’
“My husband passed away last year, so my daughter is helping me downsize to an apartment. Making the move was kind of stressful, especially giving up my kitchen and big refrigerator. “I make cakes on the...
