Elizabeth Rice:  

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT.WE WERE IN THE ARMY IN KANSAS(FORT RILEY) FOR 6 MONTHS UNTIL DAVE WAS RELEASED FROM HIS DUTY. UNCLE SAM SAID" HE DID A GOOD JOB,AND ACTED AS HONORABLE AS HE COULD CONSIDERING WHAT HIS JOB WAS IN VIET-NAM" WHO KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAVE RE-PRECUSSIONS EVEN UNTIL TODAY POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS-ORDER. THANK GOODESS I COULD SEE PAST THIS THING,AND GIVE DAVE ANOTHER REASON TO LIVE. IT'S A GOOD THING WE STARTED-OFF AS FRIENDS FIRST. I THINK ,OR I SHOULD SAY THE FIRST 10 YEARS LIVING WITH THIS PERSON WAS THE HARDEST BUT I HAD BEEN USED TO 5 BROTHERS, SO WHAT COULD BE WORSE. I JUST HAD TO STAND MY GROUND AND TOUGHTEN-UP AND FIND OUT HOW DEEP WAS HIS LOVE FOR ME AND THE CHILDREN WE HAD TOGETHER. AND I DID . WE ARE STILL TOGETHER AFTER 38 YEARS, 2 CHILDREN, AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS IN-BETWEEN.AND NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE TWILIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE A BETTER APPRECIATION FOR EACH OTHER. HE THINKS HE IS TAKING CARE OF ME, WHEN ACTUALLY I'M THE ONE DOING ALL THE SCHEDULING, BILL PAYING, COOKING, AND WHATEVER. THIS MAKES FOR ENJOYABLE CONVERSATION ALL THE TIME. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS. WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS YOU MAKE LEMONADE AS THE SAYING GOES. AS FOR MY TWO CHILDREN, I GUESS DAVE AND I MIXED-UP A BATCH OF CHAMPAGNE. DURING THE KATRINA CATASTROPHY THE KIDS WOULD NOT LET ME NEAR A T.V. FOR ME TO SEE THE 25FT. TIDAL WAVE THAT WENT BY MY HOUSE AND DESTROYED 23YRS OF LIVING AND HARD W...Expand for more