Sunday, December 02, 2007
Goodbye, Charlie Cupid
Awash in a sea of grey hair, with the occasional bald island, friends and kin said our last goodbye to Charlie Cupid last week. Especially remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, Charles had more jokes than a cow patty has flies.
I fell in love with this outstanding athlete when I was a freshman in high school and he a senior, the last time we were the same height. His growth stopped at about 5'3", and he eventually broke my heart when he said, "If you don't quit growing, it looks like we'll just have to be friends." Then, a year or so later, he cured the pain by finding me the perfect soul mate. He and Harry were working together as bridge carpenters, building a blacktop highway up the Caprock west of Flomot during the summer of 1954. Thanks to his role of cupid, two bashful country kids soon became one, a marriage that lasted 47 years, producing five kids and enough great memories to last for eternity.
Thanks again, Charlie. Flomot homecomings will never be the same without you.
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
I fell in love with this outstanding athlete when I was a freshman in high school and he a senior, the last time we were the same height. His growth stopped at about 5'3", and he eventually broke my heart when he said, "If you don't quit growing, it looks like we'll just have to be friends." Then, a year or so later, he cured the pain by finding me the perfect soul mate. He and Harry were working together as bridge carpenters, building a blacktop highway up the Caprock west of Flomot during the summer of 1954. Thanks to his role of cupid, two bashful country kids soon became one, a marriage that lasted 47 years, producing five kids and enough great memories to last for eternity.
Thanks again, Charlie. Flomot homecomings will never be the same without you.
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
