I am indeed fortunate to have Chris for a son. I was approaching 40 years old and coming off a bitter divorce from my first wife, Barbara, when I first started dating Mary Ann Melfi, who was an executive secretary in the Columbus Gas Service Corporation. Research was a department of the Service Corporation. We were married in 1970 in a simple serivce at her home with her Mother, Father, my brother Jim, looking on.

Mary Ann was my second wife. You can real about my marriages HERE.

Chris was born about a year after we were married and it was a difficult delivery. A C-section was performed by her Dr. Angel, who was her doctor, about 3AM in the morning. Naturally, I was thrilled to have a son after resigning myself to no children in my first marriage.

Below are photographs that I found among my Dad's old scrapbooks.

Click on any of them to see a larger image .

Mary Ann and I are visiting my parents while they are on vacation in Leland, Michigan.

We are bring Chris home from the hospital where he was born on November 22, 1971, almost 40 years after I was born.

Sleeping, feeding, and bath time for our new born.

Our 1st home after living in an apartment for almost a year. A 2 story with 4 bedrooms, basement and a large backyard.

The interior of our new home.

My uncle, George, and his wife, Glenna, visit us. And Mary Ann's parents, Mike and Carolyn, visit.