My Australian family begins with my husband of 6 years, Heinz.
He is the best thing to happen
to me
in a long time. Heinz and I met on the
internet,
in a chat room. I was a mug,
and he
wanted to help me get the full chat program
so I could see his
tiger AV.
Well, we chatted, and things developed,
and
here I am !
Heinz has two children by his late wife,
Donna;
Daryle,27, and Karen,23.
Both kids have been really
great in making me feel welcome
and like part of the
family.
Heinz & I at the wedding Rachel, Daryle, & Karen
My Aussie family continues with my new in-laws,
all of whom have been extremely tolerant
of my
ignorance and Yankee ways.
Heinz's Dad and Mum are Walter and Anna
Schwarzburg.
His sister Irene and her sons Matthew and Andrew, round out the family.
Mum&Dad Schwarzburg, Irene, and Heinz
Deb Edwards is my sister-in-law at heart,
if not for real.
She is the sister of Donna, and she
and her family
have also been
a godsend to me,
helping to keep me sane as I worry
about this and that.
She has two beautiful children
with ex-husband Dave McKenzie; Kimberly,19
and Adam,15.
She is married to Steve Edwards.
Kimberly is in the Navy.
Adam is all boy,
and especially enjoys his new bike,
and tooling
around the city on it.
Deb & Adam
My other new sister-in-law is Annette,
who is
married to Marty Williams.
They have two children, Stacey
and Jamie.
I don't get to see them as much as I would
like to,
but they are always there in a pinch,
and for
this I am grateful.
They have surely helped to make
my transition to Australia a lot easier.
