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Our Song

Music Playing: Unchained Melody
By: Righteous Brothers

Hello, and welcome to my web page. My name is Melissa Plymale and I am married to a wonderful man named Gary. We live in Illinois, with our three beautiful children, Dylan, Danielle, and Drew. Dylan is our only son, he is 11 and a very handsome young man I have to admit. Danielle is our oldest daughter and she is 9 and one gorgeous girl with her daddy's big ice blue eyes. Now Drew is our baby girl at 8 years old and also is gorgeous with her daddy's big ice blue eyes as well. I had a daughter when I was 16 years young that I gave up for adoption. I still think of her everyday, and wonder how she is and where she is. More on that later Each time one of my children were born Gary and I gave them their own song. That is the song being played on each of their pages.

There is not much here as of yet. But when I get a scanner, I will add some pictures to all the pages.
Thank you for stopping by.
Melissa

My Family

Gary and I first met all the way back in High School. But needless to say, we didn't care for each other then. He was, what i call, MEAN!! And I was always bouncing off the walls. Perky, Goofy, Squirelly!!! We were like oil and water back then. But then years later, we came across each other again, because his little sister and I were friends. The whole family lived in West Virginia, and came up to visit family for the weekend. Michelle, (his little sister) called me and told me they were in town and did I want to go out with them all? Well, while sitting in the motel room chatting with Michelle, in walks Michelle's youngest brother, Michael, and wow he had changed. Good looking and tall!!! Then right behind him walks in Gary!! Oh my gosh, I about hit the floor. I'm pretty sure my jaw did. This was my future husband. My soul mate. The father of my children. Less than a year later we were married. People said we wouldn't make it. But June 17, 2002 will be 11 years! We have 3 gorgeous kids, and our love is stronger than ever.

Gary and I were married on June 17, 1991. It was each of ours 2nd marriage. So we had both decided to make this marriage work. No matter what.
We were tested on that very soon after we were married. On Dec.7, 1992, only one month after Danielle was born, Gary was at work, fell, and injured his back. Needless to say, Worker's Compensation did not want to accept responsiblity for his injury and cut off his checks and also did not want to pay for the surgery that he needed to fix his back. This went on for almost 8 yrs. Gary eventually had to get on Disability because he was unable to work and support his family. He sunk into depression, because of that and he felt as if he was not a "man". I was working as a Certified Nurses Assistant at a local nursing home, but the money was only barely keeping us above water.
Finally, after the last bad episode, Gary was hospitalized and was sent to see a wonderful surgeon in Springfield Illinois. The Dr. did all kinds of tests on him and told us, he didnt care when or how he got paid, but Gary NEEDED the surgery so he could function again. The surgery was a success and he is now a Carpenter. That is the short version of the whole 8 year ordeal. But it does have a happy ending. Thank You GOD!!!!!

The Love of My Life
My Gift from GOD,
My Soul Mate!

Our Engagement Photo

Saying our Vows

The Adoption

As I said before on the top of this page. When I was 16 years old, I got myself into trouble. I was young and going steady with a boy from my School. I got pregnant. When I told my parents all hell broke loose, which was expected. I was raised in a Christian home and this was just unexceptable. Back in 1984 this was not as heard of as it is today. I was sent to a home for unwed mothers and stayed there till the baby was born. Durning that time I was Imancipated. So I could give my baby up for adoption. Although young, I knew I had to do this for the good of the baby. I was too young and too irresponsible to take care of a child. I had never even had a job.
So, I signed the papers saying I would give the baby up for adoption.
On June 13, 1985, my baby girl was born. Jessica Marie Sparrowk Hampton. That was the name I gave her, but was not the name she kept. I was given a hospital birth certificate for myself to keep and that is the name I call her today. JESSICA. She was beautiful. Small and beautiful. I was allowed to hold her and feed her. It was a great thing for me. I got to tell her that I loved her and that was why I had to give her up. I wanted the best for her and I could not give her the best.
2 days later I left the hospital, got my things from the home and went back to live with my parents. It was sad but I KNEW in my heart, what I was doing was the best thing for her.
I have thought about her everyday since then. The father and I had to go to court and officially give up any parental rights to her. That was the only time he showed any emotion about the situation. A few years later, he and I got together and talked about her. He apologized to me for the way he treated me during the whole ordeal and he truly was sorry. We had both grown up and we knew that we were too young for the responsibility of a baby back then. We had both come to peace with each other and the situation. Just like I said before I think of her everyday and I still love her. My children know they have a half-sister out there somewhere and we all hope she comes looking for us someday and finds us.

Please Look below for links to my kids pages and my pets page.
Keep in mind that I am still working on these pages and will be adding pictures when I get a scanner.

Click on the globe to get the time for anywhere around the world! :)

Below is the link to my community I manage along with my sister in law JoAnn. Who has been a great friend to me. We actually have never met face to face but hopefully will real soon. I am very lucky to have a friend in her.
Please come and visit our community and if you like what you see, join in on the fun.