Love at first sight — over a barbecue sandwich
“I’m originally from New York. I came to Texas to visit my brother, who was just getting out of the Air Force. It was supposed to be a three-week visit, but he moved back home and...
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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...
Personal changes help make him a family man
“I never wanted to have kids. I never wanted a woman who already had kids. But I met my wife, Aida, who is eight years older than me, and she just changed me. “Sometimes it takes...
‘I met him because IT wouldn’t help me’
“I like to tell people that I met him because IT wouldn’t help me. I had to build a webpage for our intranet, and I couldn’t get any help from our IT department. So someone told...
They both feel lucky they found each other
“About a year and a half into this I thought, you know, I met the girl who has everything I want. Of course I still had to do some vetting in my head, but she seemed...
College class was life-changing experience
“There was this class offered for one week. I wasn’t doing well with school so I was like, hey, one week of class, three credits, I’ll take that. It was a Baptist history class. The teacher...
Child abduction ‘nightmare’ ends on happy note
“I’m a single dad. Their mom is in South America. So I’m raising him and his sister by myself.” How did that transpire? “I was working overseas in Africa for Transocean, one of the largest offshore...
After divorce, he plans to do it better next time
“I’m a longshoreman, a fisherman and a Jesus lover.” Are you married? “I got married in 1996, but I’m divorced now. I blew the marriage. It wasn’t her. It was me. I thought the grass was...
Respect important part of his marriage
“My wife and I have been married for 37 years. We have five kids and 14 grandkids.” How did you meet? “At work. At first, she didn’t really believe I was her supervisor. I was in...
Stepsisters getting used to their new normal
“We’ve been stepsisters for about six years. My dad married her mom. Although, they just recently got divorced.” “It’s been kind of tough not having everyone in the same house like it used to be. But...
