The Marine
and the Girl Next Door
By:
Tony (The Marine) Santiago
Milagros and Tony Santiago celebrating her 19th birthday
On December
31, 2008, at 11:30 PM I was at Thunderbird Hospital in
Phoenix, Arizona with my wife. She was hospitalized on
Christmas Day with double pneumonia and placed in the
special care unit. Our children and grandchildren were home
waiting for me, but I did not want to leave my wife alone on
New Years Day. I wanted to be by her side when the clock
struck 12. You see, we have been married for 38 years and I
thank God everyday for giving me such a wonderful wife. Even
though we have grown old together, I can still remember the
first day that I laid my eyes on her....
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