~WE NEVER GOT MARRIED LEGALLY, OR BY CHURCH, WE PLANNED TO, WANTED TO, BUT NEVER MADE IT A PRIORITY. WE WERE IN LOVE FROM DAY 1, N YEAH, WE HAD OUR BAD TIMES, N DID OUR DIRT TO 1 ANOTHER. BUT NEVER THE LESS, WE BOTH WERE IN AGREEMENT BOUT THE LOVE WE HAD FOR OUR 2 BABY GIRLS, N FOR 1 ANOTHER! CHRIS REFERRED TO ME AS HIS WIFE, AND I REFERRED TO HIM AS MY HUSBAND FOR YEARS. SO WHEN I USE HIS KAST NAME, I'M NOT AT ALL TRYING TO DISRESPECT NO 1, IT'S WHAT HE WANTED, AND I WANT AS WELL.WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON HE GOT ORDAINED AS A MINISTER FROM A COURSE HE TOOK, N WHEN HE GOT OUT IN 2005, N WE GOT BACK 2-GETHER; THIS 1 DAY, HE SHOWED ME HIS CERTIFICATE, AND HE SAID HE CAN MARRY US, SO THATS WHAT HE DID!!! WE PRAYED N EACH OF US WORE WEDDING RINGS.IT MAY SOUND DUMB TO A LOT OF U, BUT IT WAS SPECIAL TO CHRIS N I. I REGRET NOT TAKING THE TIME OUT TO GET MARRIED, N I KNOW WE WOULD OF IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DRUGS THAT PLAGUED OUR LIVES, N THAT WE ALLOWED TO TAKE OVER US, N HINDER OUR PARENTING SKILLS, N OUR ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE WANTED TO AS A COUPLE TO MAKE IT RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS, US, BUT ESPECIALLY 4 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ~JANEL MARIE CHARPENTIER-CABALLERO