Nikki Green:  

Life I home schooled my kids off and on, I did day care for 9 yrs. I took familys and kids into our home when ever I was needed. In other words my home was never quite! For 15 yrs I kept myself busy making crafts to sell at Christmas bazaars. I also owned a ceramic shop in my basement, and of course my sewing! I slowly began to lose the use of my hands when the kids were young. (It's difficult to do much, but I won't give up!) In 1999, I lost a grandson to SIDS. He was only 31 days old. Then I separated from my husband in 2000. One month later I flew off to the UK for a month. Then divorced. By this time I was totally depressed. I met a silly Aussie on line Feb 13th. The 7th of April I flew to Australia. (get this, I was scared to death and still am of flying!!!!) He was everything I expected & so much more! He's my knight in shining armor! He kissed me and I totally melted! The first 5 weeks I was there, we did nothing but traveled. We drove as far north as Bribre Island, in Queensland. (I would love to live there it was so beautiful) We drove south to Adelaide. Not including the trips we made back and forth to the coastal areas and Melbourne in between times. I made him stay home that last week before he returned to work. During that time I met everyone in all his four families! I never imagined anyone that knew and talked like Robert does! No matter where we traveled, there was always someone that knew him! Even the bloody gas attendants! It never was a just get gas and go, they all knew him and had to have a yawn with him! The 27th of Oct. we married in his foster family's back yard. We lived in Wagga Wagga NSW in a boarding house, which our dear friends Bill and Sue own. While we lived there, I was the cook on Mondays for tea (at times it'd be 19 or more people)and helped out on weekends. Friday nights, Robert & I usually made pizzas. We got our flat that following Jan. I became good friends with the owners, and met great people. On ...Expand for more