In early October of '94, I received a phone call at work from Tim.  His father had been admitted a couple days before to the hospital.  And he had taken a turn for the worse.  I told him that I was on my way to the hospital as soon as I could find my supervisor and tell him I was leaving for the day.  Not five minutes later, Tim called back and told me that his father had died.   And that he would meet me at his father's house.  I told him that I would be there in a little while, that I wanted to stop at Anne's house and let her know what happened.

The minute I hit my car, the tears started.  All the way to her house they came.  I pulled into her driveway and she met me on the porch.  Knowing since I had shown up with out calling in the middle of a work day that something had happened.  We went and sat at her kitchen table, and both cried.  So here I sit with makeup and tears all over my face. And who should take tha moment to walk through the door.  Terry in full uniform. She claimed up one wall and down the other side that she didn't know that he was coming.  All I could think of was ..Ok here I am with my face a mess and this is the man she wants me to meet.

He came in with this huge smile and these big blue eyes just a shining.  And yess in full uniform.  I was sunk.   Men in uniform had always been a favorite of mine.  My father had worked as a security guard for a large tractor company throughout my childhood.  He wore a uniform exactly like the local police did. 

But being upset I excused myself to the bathroom where I washed my face and tried to calm myself down.  So here I come back, still all red in the face from crying, all my makeup gone.  And Anne proceeds to introduce us.  I have to give him credit, he never missed a beat.  Talked like I was perfectly made up for the night on the town.  I couldn't take my eyes off of him, them blue eyes were unbelievable.

Anne told me after he left that I was now on his pedestal.  He would make every chance to see me again.  And I told her that even though a man was the last thing I wanted, he was nice looking.  But I wasn't interested.  I told her that I needed to go and meet Tim and find out what was going on.  I would call her as soon as I knew something.

I met Tim at his father's house where all the family was gathering.  I knew where his father kept all the papers that we needed to have, and that he set everything for the services up in advance.  So I set about getting these together and made a few phone calls to relatives out of town.

Bobby came to the house after school like he usually did when I was working.  He spent the evening with Tim's family.  I went home and called a friend of mine to meet me for a quick dinner out.  I couldn't sit still at hame and do nothing.  So I got cleaned up and joined my friend from work, who had told several others and they came along too. We spent the evening eating and drinking.  It did a lot to get my mind off things.