I was born April17, 1961 to Bill & Naomi Capshaw, in Edmund, Oklahoma.  They were from Chattanooga, Oklahoma.  It’s a farming town of about 300 people, where my dad’s dad had a grocery store.  My mom’s dad died from injuries sustained in WWI, & her mom died a bit early from raising 9 kids alone, so I never knew them. Mom & Dad loved me, which is no small thing.  They had 3 boys, about 4 years apart (so they could help pay for our college), & I was in the middle.  Which stunk.

Dad was an Air Force as an officer & I liked it.  We moved about every 3 years, & attended Protestant chapel services Sunday mornings. Not on Wednesday.   Do right, live right, some Jesus,  OK.  

So,  I loved Christ.  Then, we moved a few times & I walked away.  I dropped out of college & joined the Navy. I married a free spending  girl, then lost my left arm in a car wreck.   She took my money & kids, & I died inside.  My oldest son served with distinction in Afghanistan & Iraq.  My daughter has 3 boys.  It was unbearable to lose them, & to be alone. But, they are well, as am I, now.

That’s good, but i was simply destroyed, initially.  In my despair, The Lord found me.  I  remarried, & we had 2 boys, in defiance of medical science.  I finished my Bachelor’s, moved up the ladder at work, & now I’m a supervisor.  I’m also happily married.  I always wanted to be in love.  Ahhhh.  She loves Jesus enough to truly love me.  The Lord is very kind.  We home school, live near friends, & have a content life.  Outside of Christianity, my life makes no sense, & that’s comforting.