Monday's Memory: the one with the putt-putt golf

once upon a time
there was a girl who volunteered with middle school kids at her church
and after a couple of years of doing this
2 people in her group moved out
and room was made for more to move in.

one of the people who came in was a woman named lajuana

and she was greatly excited about this, because lajauna was one of her closest friends

 
another person who appeared in this team of volunteers was a guy named anthony

 

and though no sparks flew between them at first

(after all, there was this age difference…

and she wasn’t looking to date anyone, nor was he)

a friendship began to develop 

one of her first memories of this friendship

is this day 

 

when then took their kids to a putt-putt golf course

(and 3 kids showed up)

there was fun, laughter and general silliness to be had

and we think the kids had a good time too.

if anthony is asked about that day, i'm sure he will recall that he won by a landslide

 (his words, not mine)

but i remember that he emee'ed every hole

made us all giggle

painstakingly added up the scores

and told us -- in front of the kids -- that "scotch" was his favorite drink

(it's not)

maybe it's not exactly a fairy tale beginning
but i'd rather have mine.