Dennis Elrod:  

Life My Wife: We met at the apartment complex I lived in. I had moved to a dynamic apartment community that was primarily medical students. A Tullahoma High friend of mine moved in to share expenses. After running through several Tullahoma roommates over the years I ended up alone after about 8 years. My bride to be, moved in across the breezeway with a roommate who was a childhood friend of hers. I went out with her roommate a few times first, but realized she wasn't the one for me. I found my future bride to be the cream of the crop and the girl I had been waiting for. My pets: We have had dogs and cats prior to setting up our household, but over the last 5 years, we found out our son and I are both allergic to them. Since the pets have passed on we have not replaced them. But, we do miss them dearly and hope to have more again some day. Pets add such richness to our lives and teach us about unconditional love. My Kids: They are GREAT kids. Hard to imagine life without them! What was life before them, but a trivial existence! What a gift we have been given from GOD to raise them, teach them, set examples for them, and then let them spread their wings and fly. We are very close and I hope our relationship remains that way as they grow older. My Job: Time demanding, creative, sometimes very stressful, but very rewarding. To affect the built environment that people use every day is a magnificent feeling, especially when they sing praises and it becomes a timeless work of art and architecture that many generations will enjoy long after our passing. Life's Lessons: We lost my Wife's Mother to Cancer August 5, 2007, so that chord finally struck close to home. She is sorely missed and was such a large part of our children's lives. At only 70 1/2, she was not...Expand for more