How we met.

My friend, Billie Jo, had a boyfriend named Jeff. Jeff had a friend whom Billie Jo said she wanted to set me up on a date with. She didn't tell me his name, as (I didn't know) he had a girlfriend at the time, so was going to introduce himself to me with a different name. What a player!

That blind date was on Sept. 12, 1987. And he did end up introducing himself to me as "Travis". He said later, "When I met you, I could see that I was gonna like you, so I told you my name." We went through the drama that teenagers go through with Travis battling between me and his previous girlfriend. Coincidentally, Sept 12, 1988, exactly one year from the day we met, I found out that I was pregnant. November 19, 1988, we were married! Cole was born May 9, 1989, and I graduated High School in June 1989! A bit out of the original order.

When I found out that I was pregnant with Cole, I sat with the school counselor and discussed my high school credits. I had 3 quarter credits left to earn before I could graduate from high school. I ended up going to the local technical college and attended a Teen Parenting program they had there. Cole was born in May and I was able to walk down the aisle with my graduating class in June and receive my High School diploma!