The Story
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| It all started when I met Lakemama (Jan) and Patiopapa (Jim) online. We had a blast playing Yahoo Trivia Madness together and a new friendship was born. About a year after we met they invited me to visit them in Malakoff, Texas. The promise of sweet potato pie, lazy days sunning by Cedar Creek Lake and the most brilliant stars lighting up the midnight sky was too good to pass up. So in October '98, despite warnings from friends who thought I was absolutely crazy to travel so far away to meet people I really didn't know, I flew to Dallas and met my cyber buddies in person. They're the sweetest, most hospitable, nicest people you could ever hope to meet. We did get slightly lost en route from the Dallas Airport to Malakoff (an hour and a half SouthEast of Dallas) but I hardly noticed because I was just soaking it all in. What a beautiful jolt of culture shock! I spent an incredible week and experienced lots of firsts. As they say in Texas, see y'all real soon if the creek don't rise. |
