The Story Begins.....

Hey, I want to welcome you to my blog.  This is the blog I am going to use to keep a record of my family.  This way, I can save some of the memories from my Family and share it with my kids at a future time. 

To start this tale, I must tell you how I met my wife and how and why we are together now.  I was in the Air Force reserves.  CJ was active duty AF.  I was stationed in Charleston SC.  She was in tech school.  She was in Texas for intel but was dropped from the class 3 weeks before graduation.  She was supposed to be going to Japan.  But since she was dropped, she lost the oderes and ended up at Keesler AFB.  I got a tech school for my job in the reserves and went to Keesler AFB.  See where this is going?


I was prior service and would normally not be able to hang out with her but we both got involved in the base chapel.  We met on a weekend retreat to Bay St Luois.  We stayed at a catholic monistary.  Really cool.  I thought she was the prettest girl there and she was fun.  She says she had an instant crush on me but figured we did not have a chance.  I found out she had a boyfriend.  Besides, I was really there for the time with God.  CJ was an unexpected pleasure to get to know.  Which I did.  We talked and laughed.  Played poker (she lost a million dollars of fake money to me!).  We walked and talked.  After the retreat, we started hanging out at the chapel building and got to know each other a bit.  I liked her.  She was someone I could fall in love with and marry.  But she had a boyfriend.  She thought that a great guy like me should be married by now and I was too "old" for her.  Her conclusion was that we did not have a chance.  But we enjoyed spending time together.

She came in one day and announced that she had broken up with her boyfriend.  I was glad to hear that!  But I did not want to just rush out and date her.  I gave her time (a couple of days).  Then I asked her to walk with me.  On the walk, I asked her out.  She said yes though I am sure she was so shocked and elated that she really could not tell you what she said!  I had a knack for rendering her speechless.  After 11+ years, I still do!


After all these years, we are still in love and we still have passion.  And thus the story begins......