{"id":8995,"date":"2014-05-06T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2014-05-06T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:41:25","slug":"dads-story-part-8-he-pops-the-question-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2014\/05\/06\/dads-story-part-8-he-pops-the-question-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Story, part 8, He Pops the Question (Statement)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dads-Album-Mom-Truck\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing was said about a truck, but close enough. Note the rolled up canvas siding, the split windshield, the sun visor, and the spoke wheels. \u00a0All classic!
\n(Not to mention the babe.)<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Here’s the continuing saga from my mother’s point of view:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My family\u00a0lived about a mile out of town, the opposite direction from the CCC camp. My dad had bought me an old car and I had just learned to drive. (I was 16.) On our first date my parents allowed me to drive the car into town to meet Hy. I can’t believe it yet, I wouldn’t have let my daughters do that!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We were early for the movie so we went for a spin. On our way back into town we had a flat tire. People I knew from school passed us as Hy was changing the tire and they hooted and made fun of us. I was so embarrassed I wanted to die.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(Four years later the same thing happened; we had just started out on our honeymoon from Yuma, Colorado and about a mile out of town we had a flat tire. Again acquaintances drove by and laughed. It was even worse that time because we had \u201cJust Married\u201d written all over and tin cans hanging from the back.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Later my folks moved into town. I don’t remember what happened to the car, but since town was small we walked everywhere. After we attended a movie we would go to the drug store, Donlan’s Pharmacy, and share a malted milk with two straws. One of those times he told me he was going to marry me. He didn’t ask me, he just told me. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I was so embarrassed I couldn’t talk or look at him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(Below) Donlan’s Pharmacy on a Saratoga main street, where they shared malts and Dad made his pronouncement.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

And continuing in Dad’s (briefer) words:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Later, while having a soda at the local drug store, I told Betty that I was going to mary her. It was a statement, not a request. <\/em><\/p>\n

She was just 17.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Town\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That was years before it actually happened, and for two years they were separated by distance and didn’t see each other at all. Still, it presaged a marriage that lasted over 70 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next: It’ll be an e-gallery<\/em>, our monthly “art update” blog with live painting in Tucson. We’ll continue with “Dad’s Story” after that.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More on the beginnings, plus an amazing find: A photo of the place where he made his unchanging commitment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8995"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9112,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions\/9112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}