PRESENT

I found out from my sons doctor who just happened to be one of my upcoming grooms. We do flowers for weddings at Sugar Magnolia. After looking up my sons nose he told me the poor boy couldn't breath out of his nose. Bobby when he was younger had 3 broken noses. Unfortunately it screwed up his septum. Now since I was going through radiation, my husband was going through his treatment. We had to schedule everything around that and the doctors upcoming wedding and honeymoon. We had to get this operation done ASAP. It was a Friday we were able to schedule the surgery on Monday, recovery would be just in time to make it so Bobby could make his tournament in Dallas. The doctor could get married and go on his honeymoon. I remember when the doctor pulled out the packing in Bobby's nose. The doctor was about 5'8" and my son is 6'5" as he pulled it out Bobby stood up looked down at the doctor and said assume so this is what it is like to breath out of your nose. It was a great day.

PAST

Arizona was so hot when we moved over from California. I enrolled in culinary school, put Jenni in 9Th grade and Alex in kindergarten. We were starting a whole new beginning for ourselves. Mike was taking care of Bobby who was around a year. We lived in a very nice 3 bedroom apartment. It had all of the amenities, swimming pools BBQ grills tennis courts playground it was great. I got a job at a local restaurant and Mike became a stay at home dad. Things were different but good. We loved doing things as a family even though my time was limited. I went to school 5 days a week 8 hours a day. I would come home and usually go to work right away. This went on for 18 months. I felt like most fathers probably did like they were missing out on watching their children grow up. Mike also learned the other demanding role of taking care of the household. I was about to graduate and we had to make some serious decisions.