an unlikely match.

In the 80's, the town was even smaller than it is today. Dust collected in the seams of our sneakers from walking along the gravel shoulder by the highway.

Ed and Leanne spent the better part of a summer loitering behind the 7-Eleven, exploring their mutual lack of direction. It didn't seem so unnatural at the time, since everyone else had already paired off.

They got older, but coordinated accessories and limited options proved enough to inspire a lasting relationship...

And several surviving offspring.* * *

{Update: divorce came in July 2006. Leanne remarried...)