“We met at a summer job and started dating. Then one thing led to another. I was a senior in high school and she was a junior. It was scary to be a parent at that age. First, you had to tell your parents.” How … Continue readingHigh school sweethearts still going strong
“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 I stayed. “I met my wife here. She served … Continue readingLove at first sight — over a barbecue sandwich
“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 urinary tract and killed him. I’ve been married to … Continue readingShe summons strength to deal with deaths
“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 someone who is more mature to change an immature … Continue readingPersonal changes help make him a family man
“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 me there was this guy who worked in the … Continue reading‘I met him because IT wouldn’t help me’
“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 to qualify. “I have four children from a previous … Continue readingThey both feel lucky they found each other
“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 looked like he was going to be boring, so … Continue readingCollege class was life-changing experience
“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 drilling companies in the world, when she abducted them … Continue readingChild abduction ‘nightmare’ ends on happy note
“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 greener on the other side. I was out there … Continue readingAfter divorce, he plans to do it better next time
“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 charge of a cafeteria at the time. Once she … Continue readingRespect important part of his marriage