My Good Life began when I met my wonderful husband and his family. We went to highschool together and I graduated in 1996 and he in 1999, both of us followed in our parents foot steps by not going to college and just settling for laboring positions in a factory. We didn't cross paths again until 2003.
By 2003 I had worked at several factories that had shutdown and moved off overseas. Our little country area was definately needing industry. I ended up at another factory, one of the last two factories left. Did not pay great but it was a job. By this time I had bought a modest house for $30,000 and had went through a 5 year marriage with an abusive, possessive, alcoholic husband. I wanted kids so bad but the years kept passing by...I couldn't see my child going thru what I was going thru so I had decided just to deal with not having a child. The marriage did end after 5 years because I couldn't deal with the abuse and alcohol. I still wanted despirately my family life that I had dreamed of and I knew it was out there.
In 2003 while working at one of the last factories around. My aunt introduced me to a guy at work which was very nice looking. He was familiar to me but didn't realize until after talking for a while, this was a guy I went to school with. We hit it off very fast and he proposed to me after 5 months of dating. I was so head over heels for him I figured I would smother him but the more time we spent together the happier we were. His father being preacher, married us in a small but beautiful country church and we honeymooned in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii. He had taken me to places I had never been before like The Arch and the zoo in St. Louis, Mo. and also Hawaii and the Bahamas. We went out to eat at restaurants that were further than 10-15 minutes drive from the house. I love the Olive Garden! I really had not been to maybe 5 different restaurants before I had met him.
Two years into our marriage the passion for having a child came back into the picture. So we decided to try to have one. I was extremely excited because I had my dream husband and wonderful in-laws. I got pregnant and had a smooth pregnancy all the way till my 7th month. Then while working at my factory job, my husband working there to, my water started to break but I did not realize that this is what it was. I just figured it was something noone tells you about that happens during pregnancy. But about 10 min. after I told my husband we decided to call the doctor just to go in and make sure I was ok. But sure enough it was my amniotic fluid leaking out of about a pin hole size in the top of the water sak. The doctor had also told me that I had dialated to 4 and they needed to admit me in to the hospital right away. They hooked me up to a machine which told I was having contractions but I couldn't feel them. So they gave me something to stop the contractions. They started to slow down and stop we thought we were in the clear and maybe I could go home the next day but during my sleep in the hospital the babys heart rate plunged, depending on which side laid on. So they monitored me and it done it again and then they found out why with a quick examination I was dialated to 7 and they could feel the cord wraped around the babys head and arm so they decided to do an emergency C-section. Scared and nervous we delivered our little boy 4lb. 13oz. within 30 min. He had to spend three weeks time in a huge hospital with the best neonatal unit around but finally at the age of 28 I had our first child and got to bring him home and have my dream family by the grace of God. He is now 2 and very active and smart.
We enjoy the simple things in life like fishing, watching our son blow out his second birthday candle, growing our own tomatoes, spending as much time as we can as a family.
My husband has decided he wanted more for his son than the physically draining factory job so he is deciding to lead by an example for our son. He is now starting his third year of school to get his bachlors degree in accounting and I am currently working in a factory, when he gets out of school and we get situated, I will go to school too. This will be our 5th year of marriage and we are very, very much in Love. It might be simple but this is what I call the good life that is only getting better.
