Well since
I'm new to this I guess I will start from the
beginning. I am the first born child to Maurice and Doris. They had been married and trying for a child for 10 years. The doctors had told them to give up and lo and behold she became pregnant. When I was born my parents were 69 and 29. Yes
that's right there was a 40 year age difference. Then just 20 short months later my brother was born. I grew up mostly in
Haverhill MA living a pretty average life. In 1988 at the age of 82 my father passed away. There are times that it still saddens me that he never saw me start high school, go to the prom, give me away at my wedding, or see his beautiful grandchildren although
I'm sure he is close by watching and keeping us safe :o) Near the end of my
sophomore year (1990) I met my best friend. We have had our moments but Tammi is now more my sister then my friend. Whenever I need her she has always been there. During our junior year we became
CNAs. I was also introduced to Johnny that year. We fell in love and in January of 1992 he asked me to marry him. In June of 1992 I graduated from Whittier
VoTech with a high school diploma and training in both nursing and child care. I was planning a May 1993 wedding wanting to have mine the same day as my parents. In September of 1992 Tammi and her parents move across the country all the way to
Arizona. At this same time I was sick almost every morning but my clothes seemed to be getting tighter. Yep I was pregnant. The doctor confirmed this on October 12, 1992. I was very blessed to have a loving supportive family both my own and his. My due date was May 7, 1993 and there was no way I was going to get married in May if I was 9 months pregnant! We were married just one month later on November 14, 1992. I was a bit sad that Tammi
wasn't here to be my maid of honor :o( She was disappointed that she
wouldn't get to see me pregnant. She had made plans to return here to visit on May 15, 1993. When the date finally arrived I was still very pregnant. She had an aunt pick her up at the airport and spent that first night with family. The next morning she came to my house and got her wish to see me pregnant. That night we enjoyed movies,
Chinese food and some wine coolers (we checked first and the doctor
OK it but just a couple) Early the next morning I went into labor. We still say that Angel waited until Auntie Tammi got here and was nice enough to give us one day together before she was born :o) Seven hours and eleven minutes later I was holding my beautiful baby girl. The first grandchild on both sides!! Oh how spoiled she was and still is sometimes ;o) Life went on and then shortly before her first birthday Johnny left us. He was gone for a few months and missed her first birthday :o( We did get back together and then on December 1 1994 the apartment building we lived in burnt. We lost everything but most importantly we all made it out safe. In March 1995 after just a few months of trying I became pregnant again. On November 30, 1995 I gave birth to Tyler. What an adjustment going from one child to two!
Unfortunately in early 1996 Johnny left again. This time there was no going back. I worked hard and took care of my children. In 1998 I met Shawn. He was good to me and great with my children. I found out in early 1999 that I was pregnant. He and I had some disagreements that I will not put here for the public but they led me to make the decision to allow him to believe the child was not his. On September 26, 1999 Lucas was born. He has had several medical issues but has overcome them :o) A few years later we crossed each other's path again but before we could try again he made some bad choices and ended up in jail. We wrote to each other and talked on the phone. When he got out we tried again to make it work. He now knew that Lucas was his son. Things just
didn't work and we split up again however we did "see" each other and in 2003 I played the old '
I'm pregnant' April fool's joke only to find out two weeks later that I was indeed pregnant. Jonah was born on December 26, 2003 and this time there was no doubt who his father was. Well there never was any doubt for me who Lucas' father was either. In 2006 I moved to New Hampshire. This is when Johnny who had been taking a pretty active roll in the kids lives decided to sue me for custody. Angel
didn't want to leave
Haverhill and all her friends. She wanted to stay with him and his wife because then she could stay at her high school with all her friends. As much as it hurt to let my baby girl go I did. I see her every other weekend and text with her all the time but I still miss her
terribly. Tyler remained in my custody and instead of the every other week visitation we had been doing it became ever other weekend so I guess you could say that backfired a bit for him. I guess that pretty much sums up my life. Other minor things happened
thru out my life but this covers the major stuff.
