His nickname in high school was “King,” dubbed by the rest of the guys who played sports with him. My guess was, as much as it was accurate, there was some male sarcasm there….maybe even a little jealousy? Do guys get jealous? But he was King, there was no denyin’ that. He was excellent in sports especially football, a serious good looker… tall, blond, blue eyes and just a good heart…..the entire package, KING he was!! I honestly…
This morning while we were taking our walk, I wished out loud that I had some Gummy Bears. It reminded me of something from our once-upon-a-time…..THE STORE. But before THE STORE, there was THE PHARMACY. When we first began to road-trip travel, we often found ourselves always needing something. We did lots of pharmacy stops for things like; Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Tums, cough drops, indigestion pills, gas pills, allergy pills, eye drops, band aids, triple antibiotic ointment, sun tan lotion,…
I was in the second grade. It was recess. I was playing with my friends outside in our designated area. I saw the green Plymouth cruise slowly by and pull over to the curb. I ran over to it. My father leaned toward the passenger window. “What did you want?” he asked. “A girl” I blurted out. “You got her” he replied. I jumped up and down with happy. That’s all I remember from May 1st, 1952. Her crib…