For those of you who don't know the story of Brian and Patty....in June of 1984 I was working in Lafayette, IN as a pharmacy technician and living in an apartment complex in town. Brian was getting ready to begin the summer session at Purdue before his senior year and also lived in the same apartment complex. He'd sworn off women for the summer...too much of a distraction and too expensive! One hot summer afternoon Brian and his brother headed to the pool. When Jim asked where Brian wanted to sit his reply was "purple bikini." We talked for awhile...he asked me out...I turned him down...he showed up anyway...and I went out with him. Our first date was to see Ghostbusters and eat at Pizza Hut...with Jim, Jay, Roger, and Chris! That was on a Sunday. On Monday he met mom & dad, and on Tuesday we started tossing around the idea of getting married. On Friday he asked me to marry him...5 days after we met! We were married in December...in between semesters at Purdue. (He jokes that he needed a tax credit!) Five months later he left for Officer's Training School and I headed to the orthodontist to get braces. It's been a crazy journey...many Air Force assignments...lots of moving vans...3 beautiful daughters...etc. Thru it all, God has blessed us abundantly! I'm sure when we decided to get married most of our friends didn't give us much of a chance of making it. The odds were against us. We've worked hard, though, to grow and respect and love each other thru the ups and downs. And I wouldn't trade my guy for anyone in the world. I love you, Brian Keith Anderson! Happy 25th anniversary.
