All I Wanna Do Is Have Little Fun Before I Die...

Both my mom and Matt’s mom, Debbie, started their early teaching careers together at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School.  There was a rather large group of young, expecting mothers at Dishman – my mom and Debbie being two of them.  Matt was born in November of ’76 and me in March of ’77.  Both born on the 30^th.  Our families were friends and even vacationed together a time or two when were little; however, life and different circumstances separated our families through the years. My first memory of teenage Matt was during high school basketball.  He played for Greenwood, and I played for Bowling Green.  I remember vaguely knowing who he was and a little about his family.  We’d occasionally cross paths at area wide youth devotionals both growing up in the church of Christ.  He was a member of Lehman Avenue, and our family was at Greenwood Park.  I remember thinking how good looking he was, but back then, it wasn’t as easy to connect with people from other schools like it is now with social media, cell phones, etc.  I guess the right timing was what it took.  For us, that happened during our freshman year at Western.  I was involved in the Hilltopper’s for Christ ministry through Greenwood Park, and one night Matt Deaton showed up.  I can honestly say it was love at first sight for both of us.  I was dating another guy at the time, but when you know, you know.  Matt was my person.  We began dating sometime in April 1996, and here we are 28 years later.  We married on my grandparents 51^st anniversary and today we celebrate our 25^th.  Our proudest achievement is our three Tuesday “tots” - two college kids and one heading into his senior year of high school.

We leave for LA today and plan to spend the remainder of the week in West Hollywood living the celebrity life!  Sheryl Crowe's song has been stuck in my head for days.  Cheers to having some fun with my favorite human!