Like her cousin Lee, Laura also got us out in the middle of the night. Our phone rang after midnight, in the early hours of March 28, 1989. John Dan was saying they were on their way to the Hospital.
John and I jumped out of bed, went downstairs, and began our journey. The skies were cloudy and the lightning fierce, but not one drop of rain fell on us. The rain began after we were in the hospital.
We found John Dan and they insisted that we go back into the large pleasant "Birthing Room." Pretty soon, Michelle got very busy though and we waited in another room.
Not long after that, John Dan told us that Laura was there. Soon we saw the three of them coming down the hall. Michelle was lying on the gurney with our precious Laura beside her in her little warm cap. John Dan was beaming beside them.
We got to “oooo” and "ahhhh" and touch our new grandbaby before they took them to their room. What a thrill.
In May 1989, when Laura was just about two months old, Mary Ann had us for dinner at Hawthorne. It was the day of Steve’s graduation from T.C.U. and he, Brian, and Jim sang "Bentons on the Go” to Laura.
Then we all went to Steve’s graduation in different cars. I was going back to the farm afterwards, so I took my car. Michelle, John Dan, and Laura came also, and we all met at the graduation ceremony. I think I held Laura most of the time.
There were so many people there, I don't know how we all found each other, but we did.
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