AND THIS OUR LIFE - OUR BEGINNING - PT. 1 - the showers

Left - Invitation to "Friends" shower

Top right gift from Joanne Walters showing the Nikko Blue Peony china pattern. It was so delicate and pretty and even tho it was blue, i loved it! Had a few rose colored flowers on it.

Below - Keith and I opening gifts

Above - CARD from Ken & Melinda Propes who had our "Friends" shower at their house. It was a taco party, games and gifts! SOOOO much fun! Except for Mary and Ivan (they were just dating then) all others were from Axe UMC and our Flying Solo Class. I also invited Sherri Carpenter and DeeAnn

*Below opening gifts

We used to play some mind-reading game and when we thought REAL hard we'd use our thumb/hand on our forehead - it was really funny!

On right - Ken Propes, Bill Lawson, Ivan,KevinQ, DianaL, Louis & Sherri & Lynda Knagg - thinking

Above left - LaReshia, Lynda Knagg, Bea Knagg, Don Woolsey

Diana and Bill Lawson below on top

Louis Marroquin and Cathy Flynt -2nd row

Bea Knagg and Cathy/My sister Mary

Sherri and Pat Arrington - Bottom Mary & Ivan

MAY 1988

After our “Friends” shower given by Melinda Propes and Diana Lawson, some things started going downhill. Keith seemed to be agitated by little things. One time he said I was just like his mom (who was depressed and died of an overdose.) She had died a couple of years before we dated.

I can’t remember the exact “FIGHT” we had but he became angry and he picked up a 2x4 wood plank in the backyard and hit the fence with it.

We were still angry/bitter? the morning of our rehearsal dinner. (I was more bewildered)

Keith did call that morning and said “we need to work things out.” All of it was a shock to

me and I just listened. We were just fine by that night.