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on October 31, 2006

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Anakin, Leia, Darth Vader, Obi Wan, and Yoda hope your Halloween is filled with lots of treats and no tricks!

May the Force be with you!

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Loving Memories on our 12th Anniversary

My darling Carol , As we celebrate twelve loving years of marriage today, I wanted to share some of my favorite special memories of our lives together over the past 12 years and the 2 years before we were married. Here are just a few of the fun and special moments that come to mind that I wanted to share with you. I love you very much and eagerly look forward to building a lifetime of even more fun times and memories in the years ahead. Love Always, Jim Some of my favorite memories together... Chatting online on AOL and talking on the phone in the wee hours of the morning when we met online. Getting your picture in the mail at my old apartment in Charleston and being blown away. The first time we held hands while walking at the festival in Lima. Seeing “The Net” as our first movie. Cooking you dinner for the first time (and almost making you sick in the process). Driving though the cornfields across Ohio as we were visiting each other and falling in love. Watching you courageously

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