Tom and Me

I swear I remember the first time we met. Now maybe it’s a little like saying, “Officer, I swear that light was green.” You have to say it, but you realize you could be mistaken. It was probably the time between Sunday school and church. During this short period of time, people get as much visiting in as they possibly can. It was probably “Visitation Sunday” or else Harvey and Dorothy Morrell would have taken their kids to the home church, the Buckeye Methodist church, on Buckeye Prairie about three miles from their house. This was the Rosamond Community church. When I was that age, 50 years ago, every pew was nearly filled when church…