Drunk driver forever changes her life
“We were going into Houston for dinner with some good friends. Because we expected to have a drink or two, we asked our daughter to be our Uber driver. She was a college student. She was...
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‘I feel like this time, it’s really forever’
“I was 18 at the time we met, and he was 28. So I didn’t really get to experience many things that other people experience before getting into a relationship. Like dating and just doing different...
‘Up and leaving him was never on my radar’
(3 of 3) “I’m a person who never put his seat belt on. Even from a young age. I don’t know why. I just never have. I just wish I did that day I had the...
Church helps on way to turning life around
“The first time I started coming to this church, I just let a few little things get to me, and I fell right back into the old me. I was having a hard time reading the...
Relationship begins with jelly beans at Walmart
“I was working at Walmart on the night shift, but I was going to move to days because my shift got real boring. So out of curiosity I was thinking, there have to be some cute...
Relationship partners on the same wavelength
“We actually met on a gaming console, Xbox. We were playing Grand Theft Auto. “We like all the same things. I mean, we just kind of think the same way. A lot of our opinions, like...
‘We’re pretty much married, just without the paper’
“We’ve been together five years. We’ve been engaged two years.” What’s your wedding plan? “We don’t really have one. I mean, it’s just paper. We’re pretty much married now, just without the paper.” Do you tell...
Living by golden rule leads to lasting relationship
“I met my husband when I was 15 and started dating him when I was 16. He was 23 at the time. We both have single mothers who raised us, and I withheld how old he...
Trust, commitment keys to 51 years of marriage
“When my first wife passed away, I was left trying to raise two young children. So when the two of us got married, she was really marrying three people.” “He said to me, ‘You know, these...
Creating poetry helps her deal with change
“I don’t usually start writing the beginning of a poem. I start in the middle and build around it. No matter how you approach it, you want every line to be impactful. You want to say...
