Wayne:

She’s got some guts, that’s for sure!

When she finished her freshman year at the University of Texas, she came home and told me that she was going to Europe for her sophomore year. She said she would take her classes online.

I told her that I did not have that kind of money and that if she got into some kind of trouble over there, we had 3 other kids and we could not help her. She showed me her bank account of $60,000 and told me that it was from her grants, scholarships, and work.

She went to Rotterdam, Holland and worked as an Au Pair (nanny) for a couple and their 2 little girls. They paid her a salary and furnished her with Eurail pass that was good for all over Europe.

She went all over Europe while she was there even Turkey, and tried to get into Syria but could not cross the border. She did go to Poland but I don’t think she made it to Ukraine.

Later, when she visited my son in Japan, she bought a ticket on a ferry to North Korea. We were relieved when the ferry trip got canceled that day because of the weather.

When she graduated from the University of Texas, every continent except for Antarctica was represented at her reception dinner at The Oasis in Austin.

She is a corporate attorney now in North Dallas. She is 32, married, has a 2 year old and is 9 months pregnant with her 2nd. She says she wants 2 more. She makes more money in a year than I make in 10. (or more)

She brought my old shotgun back because now she carries a Sig P320 in her purse. She can out shoot all of us. I told her husband once after we did some shooting out here to be careful and not make her mad. He replied: “For LOTS of reasons!”

Coach