Awoke eager to resume writing.
For so long I've only had my phone to communicate. That worked; I was grateful, but folks didn't like it much when I accidently hit a wrong button and phoned them at 3 AM.
Dating Charlie was a challenge. It was not allowed in any form during a Midshipman's Plebe (first) year.... But when one feels as we did, it was gonna happen....and often!
My Mom loved Charlie....really loved him. But I was starting my first year at Lynchburg College.
She "suggested" I date while there.... If he was "the one", dating others wouldn't interfere, but confirm our feelings.... Besides, it was an important part of my young experience.
So I did....until 1 January, 1956 when he asked me to marry him!
His parents went to Annapolis often to see him...and I went along.
Would I be his sister? Would they buy that?
Probably not....a sister wouldn't look at him like I did.
Until 1956, when we were officially engaged, I continued to date.
Lynn Llewellyn had asked me out Saturday night.
Charlie's folks called and invited me to go along, promising to bring me home in time, and, of course, I wanted to go.
They often brought a high school male friend as a decoy so no one would know I was there to see my Charlie....
They pulled up in front of my house....
I climbed in.....
I was horrified....there, in the back seat, sat Lynn!
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