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I was married to my son's father, Clark Wilson, from October of 1981 to January of 1987. In July of 1983 our son Brad was born, now 39 years old. After Clark and I divorced, I remained single for five years. Then I met the true love of my life, Scott Malcolm, in July of 1991. We dated ONLY four months, then we got married on December 21, 1991. We've been happily married ever since, and we celebrated our 31st anniversary just before Christmas. We raised our children together, and even though blending two families is never easy to achieve, I believe we've been quite successful at it. Our kids grew up together, and are quite close now, which we think is wonderful, and we're very thankful for it as well.
Scott and I have always lived in Joplin, but on that fateful day...May 22, 2011, our home was hit by that EF-5 tornado...with us in it!!! God and His angels were watching over us that day because we walked out of our house without a scratch on us. We had no basement or storm shelter, yet we lived through it!!! Our house, although still partially standing, sustained considerable damage, as well as the rest of our property (tree loss, etc.). My son Brad lived in Carthage at the time, and he invited us into his home and into his heart, and we lived with him for 9 1/2 months. Our insurance company had been a living nightmare, but we FINALLY finished with them, thanks to the help of our attorney.
By the way, May 22nd was my step son Jared's 27th birthday. Some birthday, huh.
We're enjoying our home that we purchased in 2012, and we hope to be here for many years. We've made some very good friends from our great neighbors, and we treasure each and every one of them.
So, that's basically my story ever since graduation in 1972. I am SO grateful to be alive, and I realize just how precious life is. Maybe if we hadn't been through something as traumatic as the tornado, we might not be so grateful for the things we have. My husband and I have always been close, but this awful experience has brought us even closer together.
