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My career Marine father had returned from Vietnam and was then sent to Headquarters Marine Corps in DC. While he was at war, we had been living in Spokane, WA, where our relatives lived, just in case he did not return from the war. My future husband's father was career Air Force stationed at the Pentagon at the time. It turned out that my (future) husband's grandparents lived in Spokane, which gave us something to talk about. We started dating in 11th grade. I moved to Stuttgart, Germany for my senior year of high school. My parents allowed me to return to Virginia the 2nd half of my senior year to graduate. I then attended Washington State University, and my future husband transferred from James Madison to Washington State Univ. in 1973. We were married during spring break in 1975. It will be 51 years in April but have known each other for 58 years. How time has flown. We have 3 kids and 7 grandchildren ranging in age from 21 years to 8 months. I feel very fortunate.