Marina and I meet in a small village where I am stationed with the Peace Corps. Eight months after we meet, we marry. After purchasing fifty acres in a valley of Guatemala, we go home to San Diego, planning to earn some money in the States and return to a simple life of farming. Money's not important. Instead, I meet Bill Gouldd.
Marina has some medical complications that require two surgeries.
One of her conditions is complicated by endometriosis, a condition aggravated every month with menses. The monthly pain increases until the doctor suggests pregnancy as a cure. With about as much thought as we had put into getting married, we decide to become parents. One month later we're pregnant. My parents are excited.