It's Sunday morning and we'll be moving from the north side of Fort Worth about an hour south to Burleson where we are looking forward to spending time with Ben. Ben's days off are Sunday and Monday so this will allow us more time to visit with him as well as one of our grand dog's, Allie who is about 70 lbs of loving lab that would be perfect if she didn't shed so much.
While we've been staying here at Champions Circle we have enjoyed reconnecting with two couples that we are honored to call friends. Rob and Pam McNeely from Burleson from our more recent past and Tatum and Margaret Boulware from Elon, North Carolina who were great friends of ours when we first got married and were living in Burlington, North Carolina.
Rob and Pam joined us Friday afternoon for a one night stay. It was great seeing them and sharing so much time in the pool as well as a few meals like we have done so many times over the years. It's fair to say that they were our first and best friends throughout our 23 years in Burleson. We look forward to them visiting us in August when we are back in Florida. Keep Rob in your prayers. While working out yesterday morning the TV on his elliptical machine only got MSNBC. I'm concerned they brainwashed him and suggested that when he got home he do some binge watching of Fox News. We're going to see them Tuesday night and I'll update you on his state of mind.
Tatum and Margaret were our first and best friends in Burlington, North Carolina who we met shortly after we moved there in the summer of 1982. Beth and I had been married all of two weeks at that time and while I can't remember specifics as to who was in the Brittany Apartments first I think we both arrived around the same time and that they were newlyweds as well. One of my earliest and favorite memories of Tatum was him walking into our apartment, looking around and then asking "do you guys have a thing against furniture?" I guess he was really onto something since here it is 34 years later and we don't own a piece of furniture or a house to put it in.
We had some great adventures with Tatum and Margaret in the three years that we lived in North Carolina and stayed in touch for a period of time after we relocated to Florida but hadn't spoken with them in at least 20 years until yesterday. Keep in mind that Mark Zuckerberg was probably still in diapers at the time we moved from Burlington and Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet so staying in touch was a little more difficult at that time. I don't do facebook but through the magic of google I was able to track them down and we had a great visit by phone yesterday and look forward to seeing them sometime soon. There's a lot of catching up to do!
