MY MOTHER AND HOW I MET MY HUBBY SPECIAL FOR THE TWINS

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE WERE VERY VERY POOR, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR MY MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN AND AN EX HUSBAND WHO RAN OFF WITH HER PROPERTY AND MONEYS TO MONTANA .
HE WAS A VERY BAD MAN. COURTS DIDN'T GET INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS THEN NO SUPPORT ORDERS OR LIKE THAT. A MAN RAN OFF AND WAS OFF THE HOOK.
I AM GLAD HE WASN'T MY REAL FATHER.
AT HIS DEATH HE LEFT ALL THIS FORTUNE TO MY HALF BROTHER AND SISTER WHO WERE HIS REAL OFFSPRING. EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OF OURS SINCE MY MOTHER WAS THE HEIR TO MY GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY.

WE HAD A HARD TIME FINANCIALLY FOR A LONG TIME. WE EVEN HAD TO TAKE WELFARE WHICH SHAMED US ALL HORRIBLY. AS A SIDELINE MY MOTHER BECAME CREATIVE AND STARTED TO READ CARDS FOR PEOPLE AND SELLING PERFUME (LOVE POTIONS) TO MAKE MONEY FOR HER KIDS FOOD.

WE HAD AN OLD VERY FAT AUNT NAMED MADELINE WHO TAUGHT MY MOM A;LL THESE TALENTS. SHE WAS SO FAT SHE HAD A BIG BED AND A TOILET IN A CORNER BY HER BED AND LIVED IN WHAT ONCE WAS A CARRIAGE HOUSE VERY TINY AND VERY CRAMPED. SHE ONLY GOT UP TO HER DESK ONCE IN AWHILE TO DO HER CARD BUSINESS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. ONCE I SAW HER BURN A BLACK CANDLE AND I WAS REALLY SPOOKED I WANTED TO GO HOME BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR MAMA. I ASKED HER WHY AUNT MADELINE WAS BURNING A BLACK CANDLE AND WAS IT EVIL OR WHAT? SHE SAID NO CANDLES A RE CANDLES AND SOMETIMES A BLACK CANDLE MERELY WAS IN MEMORY OF A DEAD FRIEND.
BUT I HAVE NEVER LIKED BLACK CANDLES I GUESS BECAUSE I'M A CATHOLIC AND ALL THE CANDLES IN CHURCH WERE WHITE.
I DO LIKE COLORED CANDLES NOW RAINBOW COLORS FOR CHRISTMAS.

OKAY NOW HOW I MET MY HUSBAND: ONCE UPON A TIME MY ROOMMATE JILL AND I HAD JUST BEEN TO CHURCH FOR CONFESSION FOR EASTER, IT WAS A SATURDAY I THINK MAYBE A WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER BUT WE WERE WALKING DOWN A STREET AWAY FROM THE CATHEDRAL IN DENVER, WHEN THESE TWO GUYS STARTED TO YELL AT US. JILL KEPT ENCOURAGING THEM AND CALLING BACK, I SAID THEY WERE NOT MY TYPES SO WOULD SHE PLEASE STOP. BUT NO.... JILL KEPT TURNING AROUND AND CALLING TO THEM.M THEY FOLLOWED US AND CAUGHT UP WITH US
THEIR NAMES WERE DON AND TOMMY AND TOMMY STARTED TO WALK ALONGSIDE ME, I SAW HE WAS NOT TERRIBLY INTELLIGENT SO I TOLD JILL I DIDN'T WANT TO WALK ALONG WITH HIM SHE DECIDED WE WOULD TRADE GUYS SO WE DID.
DON DIDN'T SHOW MUCH EITHER HE BARELY TALKED , GAVE LITTLE INFO ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT WE DID AGREE TO GO SEE THE ROBE AT THE MOVIES NEXT DAY.
WELL, NEXT DAY THEY CAME TO GET US AND WE FOUND THEY HAD NO MONEY FOR THE MOVIES SO WE HAD TO PAY THEIR WAY. THIS WAS LOOKING LESS AND LESS DESIRABLE TO ME BUT IN MY NICE WAY I DECIDED TO CHALK IT UP TO CHARITY AND
I CAN ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE LATER. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME ABOUT BUT THEY CAME BACK AND DID PAY US BACK FOR THE MOVIE. WE SPENT TIME GOING TO PARKS AND PLACES ALL OVER DENVER.
EVENTUALLY DON BOUGHT A STUDEBAKER CAR IT WAS LIKE A SPORTY TYPE CAR WITH ONLY 1 SEAT ACROSS THE FRONT NO BACK SEAT AT ALL .
IT HAD A BIG DENT ON THE SIDE BUT IT WAS AWFULLY CUTE ANYWAY.
WE DATED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM I SAID NO 3 TIMES BUT HE WAS INSISTENT I FINALLY SAID OK.

WE WERE MARRIED ON MAY26.1956 IT WAS A FUNNY WEDDING WE WENT TO S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MADE 2 TRIPS WITH OUR ONE SEAT ER CAR. BUT ON THE WAY BACK JILL SAT ON TOMMYS LAP AND WE ALL GOT IN THEN.

LATER ON OUR WEDDING DAY DON TOOK ME TO THE BASE ASKED ME TO WAIT WHILE HE WENT TO EAT IN THE MESS HALL HE DID I WAS A BIT ANGRY ABOUT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ANNULMENT ALREADY.

BUT EVENTUALLY I GOT OVER ALL THAT AND FORGAVE HIS IGNORANT STANCE.
I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A WEIRD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ECCENTRIC MAN.
AND IT HAS BEEN. I LIST MANY DAYS HIS OFF ACTIVITIES FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK ON IT.
WEHAD A FEW ROCKY YEARS WITH 4 SEPARATIONS BUT EVENTUALLY I GAVE UP I WAS STUCK WITH THIS GUY.
MORE ANOTHER TIME THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES IN 54 YEARS HAHAH.