I was born in 1957, in my parents' sixth year of marriage. Three months after I was born, Dad joined the USAF as a dentist and we moved to our first assignment where my brother and sister were born. Here are the dates and locations of our assignments:

1957 - 1960 Biloxi, MS
1960 - 1962 Injirlik, Turkey
1962 - 1964 Hampton, VA
1964 - 1966 Victorville, CA
1966 - 1970 Bentwaters/Woodbridge, England
1970 - 1974 South Hadley, MA
1974 - 1975 Bellevue, NE

Here are the dates and locations of where I lived after high school:

1975 - 1979 Lincoln, NE
1979 - 1980 New Orleans, LA
1980 - 1984 Houston, TX
1984 - 1988 Bossier City, LA
1988 - 1989 Greenville, SC
1989 - 1992 Houston, TX 1992 - present Katy, TX

In 1999, I undertook the guardianship of my miniature Poodle, My Guardian Angel, Gabriel. Four years later, we rescued our toy Poodle, Little Man, who was around 9 at the time. Also in 1999, I met my future husband, Robert who lived with Ralph, a Lab/Rottie mix.

In May, 2010, we lost our Manny. The hole he left in our hearts was too big to stand so we adopted Elijah, our third 'angel.' Eli is about 7 and a mini/toy Poodle mix.

Robert passed away from esophageal cancer in late 2014.

Update: Gabriel, Little Man, and Elijah all lived to 17 years. In 2012, we adopted Max who passed from cancer 11/15/2022. A DNA test shows that Max is 80% mini Poodle and 20% Chesney Terrier.

Cooper (mini poodle) was adopted from CPR 22 Apr 2023 and was born 12/16/2020. DNA shows that Cooper has a son in TN.