20 Years ago today . . . . .

Pomp and Circumstance.......I was filing into the Brownwood Colliseum for our graduation ceremony at Howard Payne University. It was an exciting time, but also a sad day because I was no longer a Howard Payne student......I was about to become an alumnus. I'll always remember my days at Howard Payne fondly and as probably the happiest four years of my life.  

The night before graduation is always Chime-Out, held at the Bell Towers.  This is when the seniors pass the torth (literally, the garland) to the juniors to carry on the HPU tradition.  Amy Coatney-Davidson, my roommate, was who I chose to go through Chime-Out with me.  Although Amy technically was in my class, she wasn't going to graduate for another year because she had changed majors.  Here's a picture of me with Amy right after Chime-Out.  

This is kind of a sad day for me as the last 20 years haven't turned out the way I had dreamed they would.  Nothing in my life has.  Oh well....what can you do?  Life goes on.  If you call this life.