Tammy and I had just returned from San Antonio, TX when that conversation with her co-worker took place. I was there in Texas attending a user group conference for the software product that I support. Tammy had tagged along the same as she had done many times in the past for these user group conferences. …
Our story starts off quite simple. I met my bride at band camp in the hot and sticky summer of 1988. Even though I had feelings for her from first sight, me and Tammy started off our life together simply as friends first. That first year of high school was just as normal as any …
With China now out of the picture, when then switched our focus to a Russian adoption, but only briefly. Please understand that I do not wish to discourage anyone from pursuing an international adoption; I simply want to make people aware of the challenges involved with an international adoption and some of the pitfalls we …
Neither of us came from large families. I have two sisters while Tammy has a brother and a sister. My mother’s family was very large with several sisters and a couple brothers. This meant I have quite a few cousins – many of whom I do not know even today. With the passing of my …
When I was younger, I had never really given much thought to being a dad. I saw how much my parents struggled to make ends meet to provide for us and when I looked at how horrible the world was, having a child of my own was not on my radar. However, I had been …
My eyes had been opened and my life had changed. By His grace and His grace alone, I am here today. And though I had been through a rough time in the past, my life was coming together after I had finally turned my entire life, not just part of it, over to God. One …
Over those three and half years, I lived a worldly life while, in secret, Tammy prayed. The year of 2005 was perhaps my lowest point. Having just changed jobs and working for a German company with an office based here in the United States, I had just returned from one of several trips to Germany. …
During Labor Day weekend of that first year in North Carolina, Tammy and mom were down for a visit. She still had another month to go before she could officially move. My mom liked our little apartment though she did not like the steps all that well. Our apartment was on the second floor so …
By the year 2000, Tammy had transitioned away from the branch and was working in the back office of the same bank as an analysist. Her job included setting up the rates for new products and researching problems which were discovered after a product had gone live. In the banking industry, products are what they …
For the first few years of our marriage, we just lived life the best we could in WV. As any newly married couple can attest too, life throws challenges your way every day and one’s character is often judged by how you react to those challenges. Jobs were hard to find and when you found …
