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I thought there is a lot of truth to this.

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Thanks for sharing that, Gerry. Those were the days, huh? Nice.

Where they the days ever! We were so in love at the time, though very hard times followed that day for I became very unwell, and over the next 4 years we received our four kids, but we didn't know I was mentally ill then so we paid an absolute fortune on doctors and medications trying to find out what was wrong. Doctors kept ruling out mental illness because I had such a good job record and because I denied I heard voices for I thought it was the devil and everyone could hear him and them, and I didn't understand that I had depression for I thought that God was angry with me because of my sin when I felt down, for the accuser would go ballistic, while they wouldn't believe me about that anyway being unbelievers.

I only said to Yvonne just before we started with the two of us back in 1982 and now there are 21 of us and very soon it will be 22 all being well. How has our love grown and taken on life all of its own over the last 35 years. I love reflecting on the miracle of life like that.
 
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