William Parke:  

Life My Spouse Through a Christmas card while I was in Europe and she was in college in Pennsylvania. Rotated home in Jan of '89, bought a '79 Camaro and drove from CA to PA in 48 hours. Got married two weeks later, moved her to TN then left for school for 4 weeks. In our first 3 years of marriage we were actually together about 5 months. Amazed she waited. My Pets Two Greyhounds - Morgan is 9 years old and raced 7 times before finding out that people and birds are more fun than chasing fake rabbits. She is our goofy-grey. Thinks she is a Lab in a Greyhound suit. She loves to find the deepest water around, and drag me in at full speed. Mia is around 14, and is a Spanish Greyhound (Galga) who was trained to hunt fox and rabbit. Many times she has sat on her tail, then sprung over one of us to sit on the couch all while exerting little effort. She was abused in Spain and still does not take well to most men. She is very protective of Jon and Hope though, and will stick by Jon's side all day. She also has taken on the role of guard dog for Hope, and watches everything that goes on anywhere near her. Both she and Morgan are quite the couch potatos too. One Cat named Princess. Rescued her from inside the roof of an abandoned building in the town we use to live in. She is a robust 15 lbs. and is totally psycho! She rules the house, and both Greys will literally bow down to her when she walks by. She is pure attitude with them! My Kids Jenna (17) is a surviving twin. Her brother Ryan died at birth. Jenna is a very interesting kid, with some things that require extra patience dealing with. But we would not trade a moment we have had with her. She has been working in the Food Service area at a local Assisted Living Facility since August of 2008 and recently was promoted to shift supervior. Not bad for a kid that was supposed to be institutionalized at 18. Her jewelry making business is thriving and she has decided to enter the nursing profession so she can continue to work with the elderly. She is still homeschooled and, while having enough credits to graduate in January of 2010 has decided to finish out the regular school year. She is currently dating a very fine young man who works on a local dairy farm. They make quite the couple, and fortunately for him he has a very clear and worthy fear of me. Jessica (16) is our first adopted child. She spent over 7 years in the Foster Care system here. She has been living with us since 2004 and we finalized the adoption in May of 2005. Jess has some delays which we are working through. She is slowly, despite her own best efforts, lear...Expand for more