How I Almost Got a Divorce, After Only 9 Months of Marriage.

I remember it like it was yesterday. We had been married right at 9 months. We were fairly happy, had all the newlywed problems, jitters, oddball things that happen when you finally move in together.

We had a home in Manchester, Missouri, and we found out that her mother needed an operation to repair some of the veins in her legs. She was afraid of getting blood from a blood bank, as the AIDS scare was brand new and everyone was panicked about getting tainted blood, like Ryan White, at the time. So, we both gave blood, along with my father, as we were all the same…