How Frank & Janice met:
Hi I'm Janice. I was born & raised in Puerto Rico. My family lives there. My parents & grandmother did a great job raising me. I have a very close family. I come from a middle class family that gave me a lot of things but the best things they taught me was the Love of Lord. I have 2 married brothers, two nephews & a beautiful sister who works as an actress in Puerto Rico, her & I are very close & we also love the Lord.
I was a top model in Puerto Rico & came alone to Los Angeles in 1991. I started from bottom again doing extra work. The agency sent me to Taiwan & it was the first time I felt lonely in my life. I missed my family. Then I came back to LA, I moved with Carla, a puertorican friend, we used to model together in Puerto Rico & Japan.
Then in less than a year I got big modeling & commercial Contracts. Finally I bought my own car. I had everything I needed but I wanted a companion. I dated a lot, unsuccessfully. I had a boyfriend for couple of years but it was a verbally abuse relationship. My roommate got married & at the same time I broke up with my boyfriend & moved to another apartment without telling him. It was a very small apartment, only with a big walking closet, I always have a lot of clothes.
I wanted to find myself & then find someone to share my life with. I used to pray to Lord & ask Him what should I do. I was very depress & also by then I found out that my best friend had died in Puerto Rico. Thanks God for Luis & Kitty, my Puertorican friends here in Los Angeles who always have been there for me.
One night I fell asleep praying & I had a dream very different from a normal dream. I dreamt that I was with couple of American ladies & we were meeting this young powerful man, & the man picked me because I was different from the other ladies, I was humble. Then I appear in the dream sleeping in a room & A baby had wake me up laughing, I heard a voice that said: "That man will be your husband & you will have a baby." I didn't want to have babies, but when I saw the baby I wanted to know what sex it was & when I was going to open the diaper, the baby disappear & I saw an angel. In that moment my sister came in the room & I told her "did you see that angel" She said yes, And I woke up praying because I knew I had a revelation from Lord. The room was all different, peaceful & I felt the Spirit of Lord.
I dedicated to myself & to work. Then I started dating & It was a disaster. I finally moved to a better apartment & I decided to read the whole bible & get to know Jesus in a closer way. Couple of times In the middle of my time of talking to Lord, I had the same vision. I saw a big white house with a lot of cars on the front. I asked Lord why He was showing me abundance.
Lord knew my heart, & He knows that I was very happy with what I had. My family was healthy, I had a good job... ( I always love different looks in fashion & I had a big closet my whole life, I didn't need anything else) I used to tell Lord: " You know I will do whatever you want, but you know I don't want to be very wealthy because I know wealthy people are never happy." And I felt strongly this soft voice " Don't worry about anything" When you learned to hear that voice, you feel so protected & loved.
One day a friend told me " I know you want to meet a good man to get married & I have the perfect guy for you. I said: " well you know how I am, & you know I want a good hearted men." She said: " That is why this men is for you, he is a sweetheart" She said she will not make a blind date, in case I don't like him, but she will tell him to meet us somewhere. So she told me one day of the following week " Get ready & lets go to the club tonight because the man I want you to meet will meet us there" I said: " I don't want to go to a club, I'm not visiting clubs anymore" She said: " Just meet him & leave"
So Frank got to the club on November 1996 with couple of male & female friends, they were at the race track since early having couple of drinks. I told my friend " He is cute, but are you sure he is not an LA scene guy ?
Frank was such a gentleman & I could see his beautiful heart but I could also see the heavy club scene around. When I said bye, he asked me for my number & I gave it to him. Frank came to LA in 1980 from NY. He got married & divorced. He was single when I met him.
Frank & I started going dinner but with my friend & her boyfriend. I wouldn't speak much, I was watching & listening. Frank was talking a lot about his divorce & his daughter & step son ( my friend also knew Frank's ex wife) Frank was also talking about material things.
I told my friend Jan: " Next time we go somewhere, please tell him not to talk about material things because it is a turn off for me, he has a beautiful heart & I want to know about him, not about what he has." ( I guess he is used to LA) (I have dated young wealthy men & the experience was horrible. They are usually very possessive & their egos are too big, nothing I wanted for the rest of my life.)
Frank & I started to go dinner with our friends & then with time I decided to go dinner by ourselves, we couldn't really get to know each other with all the distractions. We went dinner couple of weeks later & he was acting very weird. I thought he was nervous. ( I didn't know he was in pain killers because he hurt his knee skiing)
I told him I was tired of dating & I wanted to take things very easy because I wanted to get married & I was looking for someone who I will spent the rest of my life with. He said he just got out of a divorce & he wants to take things slowly too.
I went to Puerto Rico for New Years Eve as my family tradition, & Frank called me almost every day there. I was as fascinated as a kid. He was such a gentleman. It was so important for me to hear his voice & know that he was taking the time to call me & thinking about me, even when we just met a month ago.
When I got back on January 1997. He had an operation on his knee & I went to see him at the hospital. I met Lorraine, his mother there. He was walking with a cane for a while. I visited him on his house. When I left I said bye & kiss him on the mouth & left running like a kid. My relationship with him was very different from the ones I had before, we wanted to be good friends & get to know each other before get too involved.
On February 1997 he asked me if I wanted to be his Valentine & I was so happy. The year before I spent Valentines alone " the puertorican saying is: "Better alone than in bad company." I received this huge flower arrangement, bigger than my table. He usually send me flowers every special time.
I wore a red sexy linen dress with red garderbelt stockings & red shoes. He picked me up in the limousine & took me to La Dome Restaurant. We had a beautiful romantic night, & then his driver brought him a box to the table. It was a present for me & a card. I didn't know he had a present for me. I gave him The Versace perfume which was my favorite then.
When I opened the box it was an expensive watch & I told him: " I can not accept this." I was thinking: " He is not going to start buying me with jewelry" He said: " Why not ? It's beautiful, & look, I have the same one" but when he showed me he had the same matching watch, then I couldn't hide my happiness. I saw that he was taking me serious & he was thinking about a serious future with me because he was already matching with me & it had the symbolic meaning of time.
Next day He came & pick me up & we had a deep conversation & we were kissing more intimately, I told him " I guess we are boyfriend & girlfriend & I hope you already told all those ladies to leave you alone because If you want me to be exclusive with you, then you have to be exclusive with me. I can forgive but I will never forget if you cheat on me, no matter if we are married & have kids I will leave in a second someone I can not trust" He said he didn't have anyone else.
One time he invited me dinner at his house & he told the housekeeper to prepare meat balls because he saw the movie were Selma Hayeck married an American guy, (Fools Rush in), & he thought Spanish culture was all the same at that movie.
We decided to go to see my family in Puerto Rico on March 1997. He was a little scared because at that movie, the father & brothers were over protected, but then He loved everyone, my sweet family loved him & he loved everything about Puerto Rico.
Then on November 1997 we went to New York & I met Frank's beautiful family, his two sisters, two brothers, their mates & their kids.
My relationship with Frank was so different than all my other relationships because we respected each other & our love grew. Some people started getting very jealous of what we had. We had to leave some friends because of it.
Then Frank's ex wife was going to a hard time & she called a lawyer & brought back the divorce again. Frank was devastated because now he was suffering because his kids were suffering. Then he got hit with another law suit at work & he was working the whole time, plus he got the custody of his kids because Teresa was going through personal & health problems. Then all of the sudden Michelle wasn't comfortable with me. The kids were going through such a hard time that they thought it might be my fault. I was suffering too.
Frank was very depress & taking sleeping pills. I was there for him until It got to a point that I left. I was devastated. I love him so much. I prayed to Lord " I thought I had the right man" But then next week Frank told me that if I come back, he will change & he totally did. Frank was visiting church with me & he was visiting his psychologist, & His mother was staying with him giving him comfort.
We went through so much & I was praying Lord to please let me know if I was doing the right thing. I was there all the time in the whole mess. Frank & I helped each other to feel secure in the middle of the storm.
One time I went to his house & the phone rang & it was a lady telling me all kinds of stuff. It was a very jealous ex girlfriend. After all his weird behavior I wasn't really trusting him. I knew he wasn't a saint before, neither was I. But that was our past. Then we went to therapy, & church & everything got resolved because Frank is always trying to get better specially with me. He is always trying to please me & make me happy.
I used to tell him " There is always a reason why Lord let bad things happen, it is a lesson for everyone but at the end, everything will be better. It makes you grow stronger."
On my birthday April 1998 he decided to have a party at the house with his friends & my friends, & when we were having dinner he took the microphone & went on his knees & asked me to marry him. Everyone was crying, including me. I was speechless.
Frank & I got our civil married license in LA on December 1998, he was very nervous. Ha, ha I remember I told him if he was signing his death penalty or what ? He told me he is the luckiest man on earth.
Our Marriage at Church & our wedding party was in Puerto Rico the day my parents had their 35th Anniversary, December 20, 1998. I said that I want to be married for life same as my parents. We got married at a beautiful small Presbyterian church in front of the beach & when we got out of the church all of us saw the most amazing rainbow, Then we had the party at The San Juan Hotel. His family flew there from NY & couple of friends flew from LA. We had a beautiful loving wedding.
Then I moved to his house. I gave that womanly touch the house needed. At that time I didn't want to move from Hollywood to the Valley, which now I love.
We had another wedding party on Valentines 1999 for our friends from LA who couldn't go to PR. And the Pastor of the Christian church we were assisting, blessed us.
The only thing was that Frank was working very hard at his company, & also still working very hard to make his kids happy & there was no time for us. We were newlyweds & Frank acted like we had 20 years of marriage. We had a lot of communication, went to church advisors, & to psychologist & found our way to understand the situation & work with it.
On April 1998 I got pregnant. We were very happy. We had bible studies at our home, we had baptisms & we were very active at church. We were doing things for Lord & others & that made us very happy.
We went to Israel & Egypt to see where Jesus walked. We loved our trip, I was almost 5 months pregnant & next day we got back, I lost my baby girl. I prayed Lord " Whatever is your will, I will accept it, but please let me have a healthy baby" Frank was there all the time, He was very brave.
I felt very peaceful when Lord took my angel. I thought about the dream when Lord showed me the baby & then disappear & an angel flew in the room. I thought that Lord always know what is better for us. There is a time for everything. Frank & I are still trying, we are happy if it comes, & we are happy if it doesn't. And Lord wants the best for us. Now we have a baby boy !!!
On April 1999 Frank got baptize at our pool. I was so happy because He got to know Lord by himself.
Every New Years Eve we are in Puerto Rico as a family tradition. Every summer we visit Frank's family in NY. We are both very close to our sweet family.
Frank gets a lion for every special occasion or Holiday. He has a collection of stuff lions, He is Monte- lione & he is a Leo.
Sometimes when we get intimate we call each other a different name & act like it, to have fun. We like to use all senses with each other: smell, touch, visual, taste, talk & think. I always take good care of him. I talk to him in baby talk & call him Sweettie, Leone, shuikitito etc.... & when I say "sometimes" he knows I want a kiss.... I call him ekili- when he dress up, & noni- when he is spoiled & I'm caressing him before he go to sleep.
For Valentines he gets the fire place, bath tub & Valentines decoration & has a Valentines treat.
On a recent birthday I had a surprise party for him at home. I took him to a hotel & then to the gondolas in Newport beach ( reminded us Venice Italy were we kiss under every bridge) & I got him a massage, a great dinner & next day we exercise & took sun, then I brought him to the surprise were all our friends were at home.
I always have cards & notes for him, in the bed or in his briefcase. A wife has to be a mother, a friend, a baby, a girlfriend, a woman, a lady, a mistress, a dancer, a model, a nun, a chef, a partner at work, a masseuse, etc..... for her man.
He is always surprising me with something. He always has flowers & love notes for me. He take me to hotels & have flowers all over the place with beautiful notes. On my recent birthday Frank & The Kennedy's had a surprise party for me, & my sister came out from a big box, It made me so happy, she lives in Puerto Rico & I miss her.
Two years ago for my birthday, It was Easter & we had a baptism party at home & when I got home from church, I found a new Mercedes car with a big bow. Wow !! Too much. He is always thinking about others.
We have our little birdie Leone Montelione in our room. Leone thinks he is human. And Michelle ( Frank's daughter) comes every other weekend. Shaun is at College & working & he doesn't come as often. Shaun visit us sometimes & Michelle is living half time with us. They are growing so fast !!
Now Frank is having a hard time in his business, same as all the economy in the world. I tell him that Lord will take care of things. Life has ups & downs. Everyone have problems.
We don't need material things because we have love. We have been through a lot & we love each other. We adapted to each other , We compliment each other, We trust each other, We grow together, We work our relationship like planting a seed, you take care of it, then it will give good fruits. Marriage it's a commitment for life.
The things that are really important in life are our health, love & wisdom from Lord. And to have good communication with Lord & the family. The material things stay here when we die. We are very grateful for everything but mostly for our Love.
With God all things are possible. The bible taught us how to live a better life. We know that Love comes from God. Love God, then yourself , your mate, your family & others... Love is God & God is love...
In 1 Corinthians 13 say the meaning of love: "Love is patient; love is kind... It bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things....
You can say love in different languages & with your body language or just your eyes. I love you, Te amo, Ti amo, Je t'aime...
On our free time we go to the gym, ride bicycle, work on the computer, Frank likes golf & I like shopping. We go to basketball & hockey games at the Staples.
My favorite colors are red, white & Frank likes blue & black, Our favorite flowers cala lilies & red roses, Our favorite restaurants are Patina & Brandywine, Our favorite Music: Sade.
Some places we have been: Paris, Italy, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Hawaii, United States, Puerto Rico, South America & in each hotel he has flowers waiting for me with a love note. Our favorite place to visit is Italy.
Our favorite movie is Left behind, My favorite Actresses are Audry Hepburn & Sophia Loren, Frank likes De Niro & Al Pacino.
My favorite thing about Frank is his heart, his eyes, his brain, his hair & everything about him... Frank's qualities- He care for others, he has good communication, he respects me, he is a gentleman, he has details, is easy for him to forgive, he is a great dad, son & husband, he has good taste, he is fun... Not too good: he smokes, he snores, he works too much, he is sometimes messy & Janice is a clean freak.
We both have a lot more of wonderful stories to share. Will continue it soon....
And the most recent is the early arrival on earth of our lovely son Gianfranco. Please go to "GEM" here on the web....
God bless you....
