celebrations

Since today would have been Bill's and my 47th wedding anniversary, I've decided to write about us.I first met my future husband an evening shortly before Christmas, 1957. I was coming home from an annoying blind date with an Annapolis cadet (home for Christmas leave), who thought he was the most amazing male ever. NOT. . I walked in the front door of our home in Cherry Point MCAS and Roger, my Marine brother and this Marine buddy of his turned around to greet me. Roger and Bill had just returned from Air Traffic Control School in Kansas . Roger had orders for Cherry Point and Bill was to be stationed at New River MCAS in N.C. Roger introduced Bill to me. He didn't impress me in any particular way. This might have been flavored by that evening's dating experience. I had just turned 18 in October. Bill was 21 that July. After awhile we started casual dating, movies, dinner and such ,but, nothing serious. When Roger noticed that our dates were becoming more frequent, he warned me that Bill had a reputation. Since I had no intention of anything developing from our acquaintance,this didn't bother me. My brother as always was just being protective. Plus, Bill was almost engaged to someone in Kansas, so he said. More on this later!