I grew up with one half brother, but had four older siblings from my dad’s previous marriage, though I was in Oregon and they were in Texas, and I almost never saw them. I am in email contact with all of them now.

Nanci my wife is my best friend. We met and had our first date when in high school, on December 7, 1968. So this coming December will be the fortieth anniversary. We saw the original Odd Couple in the theatre that night. Nanci’s terrific. She’s God’s gift to me.

Nanci and I have two daughters, Karina and Angela, and they are both married to wonderful guys named Dan. One Dan is a middle school teacher and coach, the other is on the pastoral staff of the church I helped start with Stu Weber thirty-one years ago May 1. Angela is an emergency nurse, but is mainly the mother of two little ones, Jake and Ty. Karina is mother to Matthew and Jack. Nanci and I are very close to our daughters and sons-in-law, and to our grandsons.