When I met my wife Marty, she was living in Pella, Iowa with her daughter Sammie. I was a widower living with my two daughters, Chelsea and Summer.
It’s a fun story, but there was a bump. I had politics as a hobby since high school. Marty was a lifelong Republican. I had been a lifelong Democrat turned Independent about 3 years earlier.
As it turns out there was no problem at all. We danced, we kissed, we fell in love and politics meant nothing.
As time went on, Marty and I married and we both registered as Independents.
The only change has been Marty registering as a Republican this year in hopes of restoring the Republican party to fiscally conservatism, high standards for ethics, morals AND THE LAW.
Marty and I do not share all values but through love and ‘managed conflict’ we have grown ever closer.
Our hope is that we can both help Oakridge move toward being known as welcoming and warm additions to the community.
The Sloth
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