Sunday, January 30, 2011
Time-out with Dwayne I want to share a little bit about the Dwayne I knew. When we met several years ago, my first impression was that he owned a Harley and had several tattoos to go with it. I admit I was a little intimidated by him, but noticed very quickly that he had a great sense of humor. After being around him for awhile, I would recognize that twinkle in his eyes when he found a situation funny, and could hardly wait to get his take on it! He sure did know how to make us laugh!! I remember when we were on a business trip with several of our co-workers and we set the airport security alarms off. After removing our shoes, and making us go through the metal detectors several times, they made us sit in the corner and wait for them. It felt a little like time-out. Well, he mentioned that they probably thought we were terrorists, (it was after 9/11), and I informed him he looked more suspicious than I did. At that point, one of our group walked over and told us to stop talking because we looked like we were conspiring. Dwayne and I started laughing and couldn't stop, even though we were getting some really mean looks from security. They finally came over, gave us our shoes and let us board our plane. Dwayne became a precious friend that I will always treasure having known. One day I realized that Dwayne was not intimidating at all, but just a big, sweet teddy bear. When I told him that, he grinned and said, "Don't tell anybody."
