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Chapter 1 – growing up years
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Spring 1983
Omaha, Nebraska
If an ideal family existed, it was the Van Pelts. John and Diane went to high school together back in the early 1960s and then attended the University of Nebraska together. John became an English teacher at the local high school and Diane worked as a nurse for a doctor's office. They got married upon college graduation with a large attendance since not only their families and relatives attended but they made a lot of friends through the years. They honeymooned in Hawaii and John's parents gave a down payment on their house as a wedding present.
After a couple years of marriage, Gracie was born. She was the couple's pride and joy and looked exactly like Diane. Two years later, John II was born and the couple was very smitten with Junior. Gracie and Junior were very close and spent a lot of free time together. They loved the time they also spent at their grandparents' house. Nine years after Junior was born, James came along and everyone was taken with him. He was not only very precious to his parents but Gracie and Junior just could not bear to not be around him. It was hard for them to be at school and away from James. They adored their baby brother.