I have b een married for 3 3 years. This is the story of how I met th e love of my life, and my life with her . JoAnn was born in 1953 in Rockford, I L to Joe and Eleanor Fisher. S he was the second of five daughters. She graduated from Virginia Polytechnic with de grees in English and History. She wor ked for the Carter Administration answering correspondence and voted for Nixon over George McGovern in the 1972 election -- a vote I will never let her forget. When I first met her , she was worki ng as an editor for Ti me-Life Books in Alexandria , VA. I gr ew up abo ut 15 miles away in Maryland and couldn't wait to get out of there. After my discharge from the Army, I went to work for the Naval Oceanographic Office traveling on Navy oce anographic ships as an electronics technician. My home base at that time was in Silver Spring, M D and it was during this period that I was first introduced to Beth and her circle of friends in Virginia - - and that included JoAnn ....
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