Ocean Eyes

 

Green and deep

As the sea

The ocean

Of your soul

Moving tides

Endlessly revealing

Waves of thought

Compassion

Tenderness

Quiet strength

In your eyes

Soft, clear, wise

Your soul speaks

Silently

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I believe this one was written after a date with the boy who became my husband. It is dated January of 1976 -- and Keith proposed in March of '76, so ...

This picture was taken at a social club banquet in the spring of 1976.

(Half a century ago)

Harding College did not have fraternities and sororities. Well, they had them, but they called them social clubs. I pledged one, but then I dropped out pretty shortly. (I guess I was anti-social even way back then.) I can't remember which club Keith was in ... I think it might have been King's Men.