The jury continues to deliberate the facts of the Kelli Smith trial. Read more about it here.

To pass the time, I have been chatting with the fine folks of Montgomery County including a Sergeant with the Sheriff’s Department. Doc, as his colleagues call him, has entertained us with stories of previous cases.

“You can’t make these stories up,” he said.

Yet, the best story is how he met his current wife. He said she broke his heart when they dated in 1968. She said he broke her heart. Regardless, they both went their separate ways, married and had kids. In the last seven years, both lost their significant others. She reached out to him by writing a letter, and 41 years later after their first dates, the two married in June.

Both have several children, now grown, so instead of children, they opted for dogs. A yellow lab and mini dachshund starred in the wedding. She even made a tuxedo for both of them.  The dogs are affectionately called “the boys.”

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There you go. There is your happy story for the day. Feel better about love.