I Said "I Will"
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One day when we were just kids Susan told me, “I think you were forty years old when you were born.”
In some sense I guess this might have been true, but the stresses she had endured during her young life had left her more mature than most her age too. A fleeting childhood and growing up quickly is not always a good recipe for being a happy child, and in Susan's case her beautiful smile was hiding something that I would only know many years later.
Somehow, through the years at our elementary school and beyond, Susan and I found comfort and understanding in each other. We weren’t always close on a daily basis but when the parties calmed and excitement was down to a low boil we were almost always together. I believe it was this shared maturity that always brought us to that point. When we graduated from high school in 1967, Susan kindly remembered our elementary school years and noted those days in my yearbook. Over the years she and I discussed this time in our lives and we both agreed that we knew at the age of ten, we would somehow be important in each other’s life.
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About the Book
On May 6, 1970, Susan and I were married in Gainesville, Texas. On that day the justice of the peace asked me, “Will you, Jerry, love, honor, and protect Susan for the rest of your life, until death do you part?”
I said, “I will!”
Almost forty years later, as I sat holding her hand, Susan said, “I love my grandbabies so much. Jerry, you have to promise me you won’t let them forget me. You have to make sure they know who I am. Please promise me you’ll do that for me.”
I squeezed her hand and promised—I said, “I will.”
About the Author
Jerry’s everyday world for most of his life has dealt in one way or another with oil fields within the Mid-Continent Region of the United States. For thirty-five years Jerry has provided services to oil companies exploring for and producing oil and natural gas in this area. Currently, much of his time is spent in litigation support associated with oil and gas operations and their impact on the environment.
For over forty years Jerry’s main concern in life has been for the well-being of his wife and family. Jerry and his wife Susan are the proud parents of three children and the grandparents of two precious granddaughters. For many years, friends have encouraged Jerry to write about his experiences in the oil fields and law offices he frequents. However, it was his love of family that inspired the writing of this book.
Contact Jerry by email at: whitecrow@cableone.net