Oct 02 2007
CeeWee friend
Last weekend, Covenant College hosted their Campus Preview Weekend. I don’t normally pay attention to these things, but this year a family friend was sending their youngest son to visit Covenant.
When I picked up Derek I asked him if he remembered me and his answer (as I thought it would be) was no. I haven’t seen Derek since he was around 5 or 6, when his family visited us in Germany.
We took Derek to Sticky Fingers and talked college, high school, football, and other stuff. At some point during the evening, Derek asked, “So how do our families know each other?” I then recounted how his mom and dad lived in Lexington, Virginia when my family did. They babysat me and my sisters a few times and took us to a few VMI events. Then they moved to St. Louis and we headed off to Arizona.
My memory is fuzzy, but I think Derek’s family moved to Tuscon at some point while we were in Arizona. We joked that they followed us out west. Then when we were in Germany, their family moved to Italy with the Navy. We spent a Christmas break with them in Italy, one of my favorite family vacations in Europe. When my parents moved to Tucson, Derek’s family arrived soon afterwards.
It was a long answer to a short question, but Derek’s family has been around for as long as I can remember.
And if Derek decides to attend Covenant, I wanted him to know that we will be here for him too.
and your sister Austina lived with them for a summer (in Italy) when he was a little wild boy! And gave me a run for my money! And we sat next to each other on a roadtrip from Italy to Germany and it was my job to entertain him in his carseat. I can’t believe he’s old enough to even be thinking about college!!!!
And how could you forget their cute red headed son Jordan. BE HEALED…be healed in the name of Jesus!!!