Marketing Research Blog

There is no denying the fact that I like to work. But absolutely nothing (with one exception) is more fun than spending time with family. That’s Ginni, Hannah, and me just hanging out at the home of our son, Neil, and daughter-in-law, Brandi.

I met Ginni, the girl of my dreams, in Richmond, Virginia in the ’70s. I talked this Belle of the South into marrying this big dumb Yankee. Shortly before our one child, Neil, was born, we moved to Dayton, OH.  I wish that we’d have been able to have a dozen kids but Ginni always said that “The good Lord gave her exactly as many kids as she could handle.”

Some years later, Ginni was a good sport in moving with me to Louisville KY, then Bloomington-Normal IL, then Minneapolis-St Paul, and finally back to Bloomington-Normal IL. Shortly after 9/11, Neil married Brandi, the girl of his dreams. About three years later, they had Hannah who is between Ginni and me in the picture. Then just over a year ago, Brandi & Neil had twin daughters, Mia Faith & Ava Grace, shortly after Neil had became the lead pastor of his church in Naperville IL.

The girl of my dreams from the ’70s is still the girl of my dreams and even more beautiful than she was then. With the exception of being alone with her, nothing is better than being with family.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm and is filed under Family. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.