The Hook Up

So Have you ever been on a blind date? some of us older people remember those dates. It was March 1979 and my Mom was working at a local bank, well at the same bank there was a lovely young women working there named Kim. Well my Mom and Kim put there heads together and decided that they would become matchmakers!! So as you can imagine my Mom and Kim were so excited about the hook up! I can honestly say I was not that excited about the date. Kris called and we made a date! the day came and I was waiting in my living room and up my drive way comes this BABY BLUE cadillac, all I could think was what did my mom talk me into really a baby blue Cadillac. Kris came to my door and I thought okay not bad, he was pretty cute! there he was tall blue eyed and a Afro! Yes a Afro perfectly round with not one hair out of place. I new he had curly hair but WOW that was some big hair!!! So of course we left and as we were driving he explained that we were going to double date with a friend of his and his girlfriend, well immediately I was light okay so they all know each other went to school together even grew up around each other, what had I gotten my self into. After everyone was in the car It was decided that we would go to a movie(thank goodness not to much conversation) well we arrived at the theaters and the only tickets left were for the movie Norma Ray, with Sally Fields, not exactly a date movie! after the movie we went to dinner and the conversation was luckily centered around the movie. After dropping of the other couple we drove to my house we talked for a while in the car he walked me to my door kissed me on the cheek and said he would call. Not to sure I would go out with him again, and not to sure he would even call, it had seemed that we just did not connect. Much to my surprise he called and we went on a second date this time much more fun more laughter, so maybe there was something to this. Then the problem I was dating someone else! but every time Kris called I would go out with him. Then the uLtimate oh no, I thought It would be nice if I made him and Easter basket and take it to him, much to my surprise he seemed anxious and a little nervous, after about an hour I left and went on my way wondering the whole time what was going on. Much to my surprise that later I found out that he was on his way to a date with someone else. (the nerve, ha,ha,) I was thinking at that time why do we keep dating it was obvious that we were not to sure about where this was going. But for some reason neither of us were willing to give up. Thankfully we continued are dating gave up other relationships and focused on us.

As I write today with three of my four grandchildren here, I watch as each one of them has a little bit of there Papa Kris in them. I have laughed and cried as I write this today the memories are precious and the life eternal.

Always an Eagle
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