I’m the daughter-in-law who won the prize of joining this family
after Doug told Mike, “Ya, do it.” But that was not before he
served me Squirrel Stew. Doug was a teacher to us all. But
he was also a student. He learned that a city girl raised by
Miss Manners could sleep in the back of a pick-up truck until
ousted by the Fuzz. He learned that she could eat the worm
at the bottom of the tequila bottle, only after having had a lot
of tequila. He learned that she could be comfortable floating
on the Black River as long as her children weren’t in jeopardy.
He learned that a grammar junkie tells a dog to “lie down”, not
“lay down.” And he learned that we’ll do anything for our children
to help them learn, be better people, and give them experiences
out of the ordinary….even our children by marriage.
How lucky I am to have won that prize.
