Mom and Dad  − 10 December, 1978

This isn't exactly my story, but it's the one that led to mine. I wouldn't be here today if my parents did not get married in the first place. Just a backgrounder, my dad fell in love with my mom way back in high school. I don't know when and how long my dad courted my mom, but it was only after college when they became a couple. A few days before they got married, dad had to go away for good, and so he asked my mom to get married in a now-or-never way. It was all a rush, and in less than a week they were facing the altar and saying their wedding vows (my mom was crying), and flew off to an island far south were they started to raise a family.