Shirley Gil:  

Our Life First of all I just wanted to say that I have to change something that I said about being grandparents. I wrote at the end of my story "that we were not grandparents yet, and we were too young" I am eating my words because "WE ARE GOING TO BE GRANDPARENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FEBRUARY 2009." We are going to be the best grandparents and give him or her or both, the love that each child needs and also spoiled them rotten... I have been happily married for 32 years, to my best friend in the whole world, Manuel. We met at a night club in Pico Rivera in November 1975, the name of the club then was The Press Club or International Club it was on the corner of Rosemead and Washington Blvd. I was a cocktail waitress (skinny and cute, then) and he was my long hair handsome bartender. It was love at first site. We started dating serious at the end of January 1976 and eight weeks later we were married. We are still very much in love, and we thank God everyday for each other. My husband and myself worked for Duarte Unified School District. I worked for about 12 years until I retired in 2003 (not by choice) as Account Technician for Classified Payroll. ...Expand for more