Two kids moved to Abilene in the 70's to go to college. She was from Houston and amazed that anywhere you went you could run into people you knew. He was from Seminole and thought this was a big city because you could go out and not know everyone.
At the end of his first semester of college a friend asked him about his class schedule for the next semester and he replied that he liked his classes fine and thought he'd stick with the ones he had.
On a summer campaign they drove to California in the 1964 Ford Falcon he called Maude. She rode beside him and when someone in the backseat complained about his car, she defended it.
On January 3, 1976 in the chapel at College Church they were married in a simple ceremony attended by family and close friends. He led the singing. Her teenage brother took the pictures. He wore a black suit. She wore an ivory gown her mother made. They vowed to love each other, and they still do.
Happy anniversary! I love you.
