Life with a twist

Published boldly (by permission) in spite of the potential international implications (not to mention the glaring looks!)

I’ll admit I’m a hometown boy. I’ve taken a few trips in my life and I’ve been blessed to meet a few people from various places on the planet but for the most part my life is much more active on a local basis. Now I know when I say I’m from Alabama that most of you conjure up pictures of tobacco chewing, pick-up truck driving rednecks. Well I’ll confess I sure could use a pick-up truck at times (we get by with a van) and maybe “taking a chew” would be preferable to some of my more undesirable habits but the fact remains that my neck only gets red when I’m embarrassed. Now to the point;

If you’ve ventured over to the “Experiencing Rheumatoid Arthritis” blog that Corry authors you’ve already been exposed to some of the experiences we’ve shared together since our marriage three years ago (trust me she’s barely touched the surface!). Now I am one of those fortunate men who was actually able to entice, seduce, trick, convince and otherwise manipulate a woman much more intelligent (and much, much better looking!) than myself to wed. This lady is well educated. She speaks several languages, has a quick wit and a twisted sense of humor rivaled only by my own. The thing is, she’s not of this world. She’s from the Netherlands (I say the Nether world) and while her command of the English language is far better than my own, bless her heart, she is just now learning to speak southern. Now Corry was raised Catholic and converted to Baptist after our marriage (no implications made here as I have many Catholic Brethren and family) and only recently moved to the south. Can you say culture shock? As most of us know in the Catholic Church the clergy are referred to as priest and often addressed as “father” while in the Baptist Church it is common to refer to a minister as the “pastor”. Some prefer to be addressed as “reverend”,however most in our churches (Missionary Baptist) just say “hey preacher”. Do you know how penicillin was discovered? Well in much the same way I’ve discovered how to open up the world to many Baptist preachers who are hometown boys too. Want the secret? Just sit quietly and smile as your wife refers to them as “priest”. ;-)