[Mikendebbie]

My mother (school teacher) prodded me most of the summer 1976 to come up to the elementary school and meet the cute new first grade teacher. Finally - I relented and found time in my busy schedule (you know - water skiing out at the lake everyday and making the rounds between downtown and the Dairy Queen - oh yeah and I was taking some tough classes at Tyler Jr. College) to go meet her on the first day of class (August 20). It was a madhouse at school that day - but I asked her out.

We passed 45 years last December. Mama was right!!