Anne Cognion:  

Life After celebrating our 30th reunion on July 15th, I thought maybe I should put something in my profile. I raised a son, mostly on my own with some help from my family, of course. He has turned out to be one great person. A wonderful husband and father with a sense of responsibility. He and his wife have given me two beautiful grand babies that are the light of my life. I spent 39 years as a single person and 18 of that as a single mom. I met someone who also was never married and at the time thought he had no children. We were together 5 years before we decided to get married. (I was ready from the beginning, he wasn't so I never pushed the issue.) Three months before we got married, Neil, my husband, found out he was a father of a 26 year old woman who was married with 2 boys. Marrying, a father and a grandfather in a matter of a couple months, WOW!!!! Since their initial conversation, they have really connected and their is true love between them. She has no hard feelings and is just thrilled to have found her dad! What a wonderful blessing. Since then, they have given us one more grandson, Dylan 19 months. The other two are Christopher 6 and Lakein 5. They all live in New Mexico and we see them once a year. My son, Josh, and his wife, Eliza have blessed us with a granddaughter, Indiana 3 and Riley 19 months. They live here in San Antonio, Texas near us. I look forward to my baby fixes at least once a week. We live on a 3/4 acre piece of land with our 2 dogs, Hayley and Willie and 1 cat, Buzz. Lots of mesquite trees for the very, very short winters. Lets say our fireplace doesn't get too dirty in the winter here. I work for an insurance company and have for 11 years. My husband drives a read...Expand for more