“Who presents this woman to this man to be married?”, the pastor asked. “Her mother and I”, replied Tammy’s father. As our pastor read these words from the Book of Ephesians in his King James Bible, I looked at my bride and tears rolled down my cheeks. I asked her, “Baby, are you OK?”. She …
We wanted to wait until after Tammy had graduated from West Virginia State College, however due to a scheduling issue with the last class that she needed, she had to wait another semester. Tammy had started working a part-time job as a teller for a large bank in the area. This new job allowed her …
Fall of 1995 had arrived and I decided to stay full-time with the WV Treasury and switch to being a part-time student at WVSC. Tammy continued her full-time studies while working part-time at the grocery store and she had also taken on a part-time job at the secretary typing lab assisting them with keeping their …
Still without our own vehicles, and not having enough money to stay on campus, we took turns over the next three years riding together in one of our parent’s cars to college every day. Thankfully WVSC was only a thirty-five-minute drive or so from our parent’s houses. Basically we lived in one of these two …
Our senior year came to a rapid end after returning from that Disney trip. We made it through our last few finals and I ended my last semester of high school with the best GPA I had ever had in all my years of school. Something else had happened to me over those last two …
“Awe…..” We hear this all the time whenever either one of us responds with “We are high school sweethearts” to the question of, “How long have you been dating?” Yes, we became a couple, boyfriend/girlfriend, whatever you wish to call it on April 14th, 1989 – during second period English class. My dad however referred …
By now, these hospital trips had become fairly routine. Dad would go in because of some pains in his chest and we would all grab our ‘go bags’ and meet at the hospital. Over the years we watched the CAMC hospital in Kanawha City expand and grow into one of the largest in the area. …
Over the next several years, my family would become quasi-experts in medical terminology relating to the human heart. We learned that heart catheterization required a long tube called a catheter which was inserted into a vein in the groin to introduce a dye into the heart. X-rays would then be taken to check for any …
Perhaps the title of my blog/book is incorrect. Perhaps it should have been named Fifteen Minute Dad. Any male, who does not suffer from infertility like myself, can father a child. There has only been one Man who can lay claim to having had no earthly father so every one of us had a father …
Our first ‘date’ was perfect! I played my bass that night as if I was a rock star — well at least in my mind I tried to do my best Michael Anthony impression. After our song was complete, I made my way to the hallway which lead to the back stage area of the …