Ken and I met in 1988 through a blind date and became engaged in November of 1989. We began planning a June wedding of both of our dreams and ordering invitations and depositing money for the reception. Unfortunately, his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in January of 1990. Planning our June wedding became increasingly difficult as his father’s heath declined rapidly. I am a hospice nurse and had seen many families struggle with how to get their loved one to a special event and then have that family member be too ill or expire very close to the event. Fortunately, we were able to move the wedding date up to April and his father was able to attend since it was a short private ceremony only for the immediate families. We had a renewal of vows in June which is when all of our friends and relatives attended. His father was too ill by then and did not make it to the ceremony. However a wonderful thing occurred when his relatives came over the day after the wedding and he was able to visit with each of them while he rested in bed. Unfortunately, he passed away in October 1990 and we still miss him. We recently celebrated 21 years of marriage with our four children. We have been blessed with three biological children and an adopted daughter from Guatemala. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share our story.
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