Twenty-five years later, and yes, I would do it all over again.

Through the years it has become more and more apparent that John and I are the exception … we are really happily married.

Mutual respect, mutual support, and mutual interests have made it work.  John is beyond exceptional.

When we got married, he said that his life-long goal was to be a single- seat fighter pilot in the Air Force, and he had lived out that dream.  He then said that he would support me in whatever goals I had.

This was back in the early eighties, and there were still many men who thought women should not be in the Air Force, much less be a pilot.  He supported me then, he supports me in my career at FedEx, and he supports me (and is the biggest supporter) in my quest to serve the people of my district in the US Congress.

Not only has he been the best husband, he is an unbelievable father to his children John and Amy and to our youngest sons Bill and Tony.

Twenty-five years later, I still consider myself to be the luckiest woman on earth, and thank John for all of his support: past, present and future.