After my mom left West Virginia Wesleyan, she moved back home. By the time she left school, she was engaged to my father. Once again when she was asked about the engagement, she does not remember how or when she got engaged.
They got married in Clairton, PA which is just south of Pittsburgh. The church where they got married was the church my grandpa was serving in at that time.
She tells the story of how they were watching the parsonage during the winter before they were married. It was so cold outside and the furnace went out. The water in the toilet froze.
Their attendants in the wedding party was my two aunts and two other guys from the church. Mom doesn't even remember their names. She thinks one was the choir director.
For some reason there was two different rehearsals. My uncle had to step in for my aunt.
After getting married, they moved to the Harrisburg area. Father had a lunch counter in a department store.
Mom has told me stories about being stuck in her third floor apartment when Harrisburg was flooded during Hurricane Agnes. I guess they were in the department store when the rain began. A British lady kept telling the angels in heaven to stop peeing.
They did not have a lot of money so she started eating Chef Boyadee straight out of the can.
They also lived in Jonestown which is located in the same county as Hershey.
Then almost 4 years after getting married, I was born.
The story will be continued tomorrow.
Traci
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