My VISTA year was coming to an end and Victor had just started night school to earn his High School Diploma. I applied to work in the office of then-congressional representative, Heather Wilson. I was going to work on military issues, immigration issues, and small business issues. Representative Wilson was the first female veteran to serve in Congress. Most days, I was extremely busy. We had to write responses to inquiries, and put them in the mailbox for office manager, Julie Dreike to review and sign. I spent a lot of time with Victor and we started to look for houses. After lots of viewing, we decided on a two-floor condo in a good neighborhood.
Father Garcia knew of our desire to marry, so we attended pre-cana classes to understand what marriage was all about. He arranged for Victor to get all of his sacraments in one mass. The mass started with us outside the church and as we entered the church with our candles, it symbolized us bringing light into darkness
Father Garcia taught me more about the church then It had ever known before.
A few months into my work with Representative Wilson, I got into a bad funk. I would wake up, shower, and go back to bed. I couldn’t figure out how to move forward. I called my dad, and he came to get me. We drove back to Reno and I missed Victor intensely. We would talk for hours by phone, but it wasn’t the same
Life changing event 