I MET TONY WHEN I WAS 13YRS. OLD. MARYANN AND I WENT OVER TO PICK UP KATHY (MARYANN'S SISTER) WHO WAS THERE WITH BOBBY BELIC IN 1979. MARYANN WAS MY NEIGHBOR AND I MET HERE WHEN I WAS 9 OR 10 YRS. OLD I WAS IN 4TH GRADE. I REMEMBER SEE TONY COME UP STAIRS, HE WAS DOWN STAIRS WITH SO GIRL. BUT I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SO MUCH OLDER. HE WAS 17 ALMOST 18 AND I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DATE, AND I WAS SO YOUNG PLUS I WAS STILL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. FEW DAYS LATER RICKY STARTED TO COME OVER WITH HIS FRIEND. WE LIVED IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD, THEY LIVED IN PISCATAWAY, AND THATS HOW WE STARTED HANGING OUT TOGETHER. AFTER THE SUMMER WHEN I WENT INTO 9TH GRADE TONY ASK ME OUT AND I SAID YES, WITHOUT MY PARENTS KNOWING.
I MARRIED ANTHONY S SHALLO ON SEPT. 7, 1985. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GO PREGNANT AND IT WAS A DIFFICULT ONE, I WOULD GET TUNNEL VISION AND WOULD COME REAL CLOSE TO BLACKING OUT MANY TIMES WITH HEADACHE THAT WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO BARE. BUT FINIALY ON FEB. 5, 1987 YOU WERE HERE AFTER 24 HOURS OF HARD LABOR. THAT SAME DAY HIS GRANDMOTHER GLORIA MEJIA FELL DOWN THE STAIRS IN THE HOSPITAL AND TONY WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH FROM ROOM TO ROOM BUT I HAD NO IDEA. IT WAS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE AND THE SCARIEST. I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH YOU AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO EVER LEAVE MY SIDE AT ALL. HIS NAME WAS GOING TO BE VINCENT, BUT WHEN HE WAS BORN TONY WAS CRYING AND ASK ME IF WE COULD NAME HIM AFTER HIM, AND I SAID I WOULD LOVE THAT. HE LOOKED LIKE AN ANTHONY. HE WAS 7lb. 14oz. and 21 INCHES LONG. HE WAS THE FIRST BOY FOR BOTH FAMILIES. EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED, AND FIRST CHILD FOR MY FAMILY, SECOND IN TONYS'. ANTHONY HAD A COUSIN MICHELE LYNN SHALLO. DAUGHTER TO RICKY AND MARYANN SHALLO SHE WAS 3YRS. OLD.
WE WENT TO CANADA WITH TONY'S MOTHER PAT TO SEE SOME OF HER FAMILY ANTHONY WAS 5 MONTHS OLD, THAT WAS OUR FIRST ROAD TRIP, BUT NOT OUR LAST.
