Paul Probus:  

Life After HS, I went right to college at New Jersey Institute of Technology and graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1993. Early '96, I thought I was only temporarily moving to VA when I was hired by a small company in Chantilly, VA (seasonal, thought it would be temporary) and I lived with my aunt and uncle. Eventually, another company hired me to another temp. position with better pay which led to a permanent position job and I ended up getting an apartment and started putting down roots here in VA. In this, short time, I had a spiritual re-awakening that led me to realize that the religion that fit me best was the one I grew up with. I know this sounds cliche, but it honestly happened to me, once I let God and Jesus back into my heart, my whole outlook turned around and with it, I can say looking back, my life. Case in point, not long (maybe a month or two) after my spiritual reawakening the next big milestone in my life happened: Oct. '96, I met a terrific lady, Kristine, (who would become my future wife) through the Catholic Young Adults Club. We hit it off right away and started dating soon after meeting. We found it ironic that we both grew up about 45 minutes apart (she lived in Middletown, NJ) and we both moved to VA before we met. June or July '97, my dad and mom divorced. Aug. '97 Kris and I became engaged. My dad remarried in June '98. Kris and I were married in Oct. '98. Almost on the two year anniversary of the day we met. In Sep. 2000 our son, and only child, was born. He had two birth defects, one corrected 3 days after his birth the other was corrected about 6 months later, after his doctor felt he was strong enough. As I write this he just turned 8 and if it were not for his surgery scars, you would not know that he had a very rough start. My dad retired in 2006 and moved to Delaware, ...Expand for more