Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 06, 2016

After they kiss she will know what she needs to know. Maxwell may have a tiger by the tail, and not know it. When I was a kid (about 100 years ago) there was Carol Ann we were in our early 20’s … She was about 90 lbs soak & wet. very pretty, awesome strawberry blond hair, but very quiet. She was part of a circle of people that had a common interest, but none of the guys asked her out … so after about three or four months I asked her if she’d like to go to the dance with me, and she said I’d love to. ………… Just let me say this … NO REGRETS !! Except the part where she tried to kill me with her car. My brother and one of our friends were in a high speed getaway chase; I was driving my brother’s pickup as fast as it would go while Carol Ann had a Chevelle which handled much better was trying to wreck us. Wes’s truck had a lot of motor and we could put distance on her when there were better roads. When we got on interstate 79 South I put my foot to the floor and when that F150 got to 100 MPH … that was the last time that I saw Carol Ann Craw. I herd that she stayed at her job at Southern States Cooperative in Morgantown, West Virginia, but she did move from her apartment. Never saw her again, but a friend said that she was still quiet and shy and hung out with another group that had a similar interest as ours.

About a year after C.A.C. I met my sweetheart … we were a couple for almost two years, then we got married and that has been almost 36 years … I’ve busted a few heads for disrespecting her … did not talk to our daughter for almost a year for being hateful to her (but all is good now between them). I’m retired now and thinking back I have NO REGRETS with my little sweetheart Donna Marie, and I love my mother in law and most of Donna Marie’s siblings as well.

I usually don’t comment, although I read Gil Throp every day, but today is different. High school lovers brings back memories ….