this day

this day in history

this day a year ago we were in South Dakota

this day two years ago we were packing for Key West - 5 months in paradise!

Tonight is the opening football game of the season for our local high school, Gilmer versus Fannin, which reminds me of that fateful night in 1971…

That September night

was like any other

or was it…

It was my senior year in high school,

after the first football game of the season 

riding back from the away game

with fellow cheerleaders.

The excitement of the game

still running pretty high

when we came upon that car

with Atlanta plates

and two guys.

What harm would it be

just to wave?

They waved back

Giggles all around

Next thing you know

they stopped next to us

at the school

and came over

and introduced themselves

and offered to meet us in town

and buy us a coke

They definitely weren't

from around here

No country boys

would have such manners

And so it began

that fateful night

so long ago

the night we met

September 4, 1971

Has it really

been 42 years?

Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. ~Forrest Gump