Memories of Vicki

Today I pulled out a couple of shoeboxes from a closet with dozens of cards and letters Vicki and I had written to each other through the years since we met in February 1987. I read each one and they led me on a journey remembering the many good times Vicki and I shared. It's funny that the boxes had sat in the closet undisturbed for several years, and now I treasure the cards and notes that serve to remind me of her.

It's nearly 4 am here on the east coast. I suppose I should try to get some sleep, although that seems a little futile. I think I'll post some of the pictures I found in the shoeboxes today.

This is a picture of Vicki and I on our second date on March 14th, 1987. We are standing in front of my apartment in Annandale, VA. We doubled with our friends Tracy and Susan to see Citizen Tom Paine starring Richard Thomas at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Our first date was on March 8th, 1987. We just went downtown to visit some of the monuments. The weather was so nice and we had such a great time visiting with each other we decided to eat dinner. I picked Tandoor-An Indian Restaurant on M St in Georgetown. The dinner was awful, but the company was perfect.

Later that month, on March 21st, 1987, Vicki and I went downtown to the Smithsonian Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. We bought a kite and gave it a test flight. We still have the kite in our garage.

For the Independence Day holiday on July 4th, 1987 Vicki took me to Florence, SC. to meet her parents. Her dad took this picture of us standing in their driveway in Florence. Vicki kept this photo in a picture frame in our bedroom throughout our marriage.

In September 1987, Vicki and I spent a day hiking and enjoying the falls at Great Falls National Park, just outside of Washington, DC in northern Virginia.

For Halloween in 1987 we decided to carve a pumpkin at her apartment. Neither of us were very interested in going out to parties. We were very content to stay at her place and spend time together.

Vicki and I invited her parents to Washington, DC for Thanksgiving in 1987. We rented a cabin at the Shenandoah Valley Farm in McGaheysville, VA. We had a wonderful time making Thanksgiving dinner and visiting. In this picture Vicki is sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of the cabin.

This is one of my favoite pictures of Vicki. Vicki was the director of the Girls in Action missions education program at Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, VA. This picture was taken when she was leading a Lottie Moon International Missions program at the church in December 1987.