Friendly

So this evening Roni and I were in Winnsboro for a birthday dinner of a friend of ours from church. We were eating at the Italian place called Cibo Vino. For a small town, this is a terrific place, and has a much bigger atmosphere than what you would think. That however is beside the point really. The point is that we were supposed to get there between 6:00 and 6:30 and we were early. So, since Roni had not been to Winnsboro before and I had been there only twice, and we were early, we decided to take a walk around the downtown area and see what was there.

As we were walking, a man was heading back to his car and our paths happened to intersect. This man's name was Patrick Curry(?). We had never before seen this man in our lives, and he us. But as our paths intersected, he informed us that he'd had to show off his guitar to some guys who were setting up for a concert that was going on (it seems that Winnsboro has regular live music). He was showing them because it was a 1946 Gibson accoustic/electric made of mahogany. He then opened up the case and showed it to us. It was a nice guitar, but it did need some work. He was telling us about it's value and such, and then we started talking about where we were from.

As it turns out, he grew up in Big Spring and spent 26 years in Midland as well. He has a son who is 26, a son who is 19 and plays 1st base for UT, and a daughter who is 18 and will be playing basketball at South Plains in Levelland. Patrick himself played 2nd base at UT. His dad played high school football against Don Meredith in this area. He also spent one summer as the the youth director at Greenwood Baptist Church. Patrick was just a very friendly guy.

I will be honest, I wish I was able to do that and be that friendly with complete strangers. Who knows why it was that he talked to us like that. Maybe he thought we were someone that he knew or maybe he just usually talks to people at random, I have no idea. Regardless of the reason I came away thinking that it was a nice experience to have. Peace and Love y'all.