An
Unlikely Love and Life
Jack was a very troubled young man. He was caught up in
the lifestyle of the 1960s and 1970s. He spent the majority of his childhood
and early adulthood partying. He would sleep all day and party all night. He
was a hippie who lived the lifestyle of free love and peace which often
included sex, drugs, and alcohol. He was such a partier that he never thought
he would live to be thirty. This all changed however when he met a wonderful
woman named Tracy.
Tracy grew up in a very troubled home. Her parents were
so caught up in drug use to pay her any attention. She was also very poor. Her
family constantly had to move because they would miss rent due to drug use and
they often had no food, heat, or electricity. She was very shy and studious.
They were so poor however that she was constantly teased and mocked at school
so she would skip school in order to stay away from bullies.
Jack met Tracy through her parents because he would buy
drugs from them. Although this is not a normal story book beginning for a
romance Tracy was very happy. Jack was a very attractive young man and had a
personality that could sweep any girl off of her feet. He had a very bad
reputation though and Tracy wanted nothing to do with people who were like her
parents. Jack finally got her to go out with him and it all went from there.
They were both taken by each other, “waiting for a knock, listening for a
sign,” (Robert Graves, pg. 381). Little did Jack know but Tracy would finally
be the woman that would settle him down.
They dated for a little over a year. Jack was very
charming and would show up at work with flowers and chocolates just to make
Tracy happy. They quickly fell in love with each other and moved in together.
They lived together for a while before Jack “popped the question.” He asked
when they were sitting at his sister’s house. His niece had found a ring on the
ground and Jack offered her a quarter for it. With that ring he bought for a
quarter he asked Tracy to marry him. It may have not been that romantic but it
meant the world to Tracy. She agreed and a few months later they got married in
his parent’s back yard so his dying father could see the ceremony.
Two years following the wedding Jack and Tracy had their
first daughter, Harmony. She was born a day before their anniversary which is
what Tracy says “is the best anniversary present she could have ever asked
for.” Eighteen months later their second daughter was born and her name was
Melody (and if you ask me she is the coolest.) Two daughters now they wait five years to try
for their first boy and he finally comes and his name is Elijah. A few months
after Elijah is born someone from Jack’s past enters his life. Jack gets phone
call form a fourteen year old girl named Brandi and on this phone call she
tells him that she is her father. A very challenging obstacle for Tracy to
overcome but it made their marriage grow even stronger.
It is now twelve years later and to everyone’s surprise
Tracy is pregnant. They gather everyone in the living room: Harmony: 19,
Melody: 17, Elijah: 12 to tell them that they are going to have another baby.
Shocking and scary at first the kids were kind of mad but after adjusting to
the idea and having a new baby at home they love with all their hearts everyone
is so happy that they took the risk of having another baby.
Jack and Tracy now have a daughter at Westminster College
and one on the way there. Even though neither of them has an education they
made sure their kids has a greater chance at happiness than they did. They now
have two boys to raise their last two boys and ensure success in their lives as
they have tried in their two daughters. 
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