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When I was living alone after I kicked Bart out of the house and Perry was home, I got very sick.  My illness lasted for nine months.  I really didn’t think I would ever get well.  I put my will … Continue reading →

It has been 5 years since Perry died.  It does not seem possible that he is gone.  I miss him every day.  I miss the man he could have been and the family he could have had if he had … Continue reading →

I didn’t know how I would ever learn to live without Perry.  What I kept saying to myself, and anyone who would listen, was that I no longer had any hope.  As long as Perry was still alive, I had hope, but … Continue reading →

Casey and I had taken care of our elderly parents right up until their last breath.  They both moved back to Malvern, where it all began, so they could be near family.  Mother was in a housing project and Daddy … Continue reading →

Perry lived with Terri and her children for 6 years.  A couple of times he got away and rented a little place and tried to stay away from them.  She always found him and he went back.  There were many … Continue reading →

Richard and I decided to build a house on the property where the barn was.  We hired Perry to help.  That would give him about 6 months of work where he would be with us all day everyday.  Perry did … Continue reading →

We emptied our savings and got Perry patched up.  He quit school and we moved him into a small house just 2 streets over from us.  We thought we could keep up with him better from there.  We all knew his … Continue reading →

Perry decided he wanted to go back to school.  Richard and I loved that idea.  He wanted to take computer drafting to help in his cabinet building.  We moved him into an apartment complex on the lake where Ruthann lived.  … Continue reading →

Richard worked two jobs to keep his son in college and pay child support for his daughter. He was a diesel mechanic, a skill he learned on a ship in Vietnam while in the Navy.  He was not pushy, but … Continue reading →

  I was still going to the Parents Without Partners dance every Saturday night in Little Rock.  One night a guy asked me to dance.  There were usually as many as 200 singles there on Saturday night from around the … Continue reading →