HaPpY 35th BiRtHdAy SON

Married at nineteen and a College student I became pregnant during our second month of marriage...having way too much fun on my Honeymoon!!!!!!

Along with God's handiwork, my husband and I created a baby. A eternal being. My pregnancy was a rough one. I was suffering with MORNING SICKNESS 24/7. I thought I had the flu, but it didn't go away. Off to the Doctor's and was asked, "Congratulations...what do you want a boy or a girl?"

During the pregnancy I craved mushroom soup and chocolate pudding. Yummmm...this alone could make ya sick! Doesn't sound very appetizing, does it?

Hubby was fixing me some mushroom soup over the stove top, but put the soup in a refrigerator pyrex bowl that was not designed for stove top heat. Sicker than a dog, I reclined in the family room and heard a loud noise. Hubby came into the room and fell face first on the floor. Wwwwwwwwhat? He said as he was stirring the dish on the stove and it exploded. Other than jolted with fright he was alright. I didn't get my soup that night, but that's alright. I seldom eat it these days.

We were both studying Art at Wichita State University and as a college student I was so ill I had to cut back on classes. I wasssssssssss ill. After 2 months of excessive morning sickness, I was losing weight and my coloring was way too pale.

Soda Crackers and 7-up just didn't work to take the edge off of the nausea and you know what follows the nausea...visits to the throne to Up ChUcK and chuck. After I started taking morning sickness medicine that was allowed on the market at the time and vitamins...I began to feel well. I literally dance about the room. It was a happy day for me to feel well again.

After the semester ended, we packed our bags and moved to Guymon, Oklahoma until we could find a place to rent in Liberal, Kansas so my husband could finish up his 2 year degree at the local Community College we had met at in the first place. We stayed with my husband's Parents for 3 months until we could rent a small house in Liberal.

I strongly suggest that newly weds NOT do this. Have I got a word for you!!! We eventually rented a sweet little house, had our sweet baby boy and the rest is History. God knew exactly what I needed to grow up and fall in love with being a Domestic Honey!!!

Home Sweet Home, Husband and Children...there's nothing like it.

35 years ago today around 3 pm, I gave birth to a son.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to you!!! You have blessed me with wonder. Love you son and I have never regretted having you as a SON. Shine on and may God richly bless you as a Child of God, Husband and Daddy. You were the start of making us a young Family and for the longest time your presence in our HOME made it a lively place.

Love you,

MOM