I was 19 years old and the part time choir director of the choir she was in. She was 15 at the time. We traveled two months later to a neighboring county where I knew the county judge and he issued a marriage license for us. We were secretly married and she continued to live at home for the next two months. That was 45 years ago. We have three children, six grandchildren. Of all the things the Lord has done for me in my life the greatest, short of sending His son to die for my sins, was putting her in my life when He did. I can honestly say I don't know what would have become of me absent her stabilizing influence in my life. I was young, impulsive, compulsive, immature, etc. She was, is and will forever be the light of my life!
Beautiful story jwparkerjr,God bless,fatima
Actually we met when we were 9 and 12 and he became best friends with my older brother.
As we became teenagers and then adults there was "always something there" but he moved out of state when he graduated college.
About 10 years ago he moved back here and we were both available and that "something there" quickly grew into love and we will celebrate 9 years in June as a married couple and have 3 kids.
Welcome to the Canteen, jwparkerjr...what a great love story....and 45 years ago.
wonderful, wonderful story. thanks so much for
telling it.