Dudleys Diary

to the Texas Panhandle. This was where Dudley and Big Sis were born back in the mid to late 1950's and where we lived until Dudley's father left. We moved to Fort Worth the summer of 1968 or 1969. The exact year is not clear. I do remember it was the summer after the fourth grade at Fain Elementary. Dudley's life fell apart when his father moved out and he has spent the rest of his life trying to put the pieces back together. I guess one should try to look forward and not back at the difficult times in one's life. As Dudley has gotten older and wiser, he has found the answers to some of life's questions but not all of them. Wichita Falls sure has changed a lot since we left. It was good to see Fain Elementary still standing. It was even better to see the same bike rack still in use where Dudley parked his 1966 or 1967 Coppertone Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle some forty plus years ago. The small creek and bridge we used to cross at the corner of the school yard many years ago was no longer there. I wonder where it went? It probably took some time to fill in the creek with a storm drain and cover it up. Dudley's world came crashing down a lot faster that night over forty years ago when Dudley's father walked out of the door and never came back home.