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for an application to join. I did and was accepted. A short time after that I was informed of a chapter starting in my own city. A date was set for a meet- ing and I received an invitation giving the time, place and the person to ask for. I arrived a little late but I figured it would be better to be late than early. This didn't prove to be true. I arrived at the hotel and asked for DON "Sorry sir, but we have no one by that name registered here" the hotel clerk told me. I was shook! I was sure that I was at the right place but I went outside to check the hotel name and address. Yes the information I had was correct but somehow things had gotten mixed up. After I got over my disappointment I became angry. I sat down and wrote Virginia and Don both a letter telling them I didn't think their little joke was very funny.

In my letter to Don Two days later I re- He apologized for

I enclosed my phone number. ceived a call from Bobbie the mix up and asked if he could meet me. That evening he came to visit and we got things all straightened out. From that time on it has been down hill not only for myself but for my GG also.

Shortly after this, my wife told her sister, her brother, and my two sisters. What a variety of reactions...Her sister didn't care one way or another. Her brother and his wife thought I was a sex deviate or something worse. My two sisters thought my wife should lay the law down or she should divorce me. A priest friend of my wife's brother helped to clear things up in his mind. As for my sister (one has since died) well...let's say you can't win them all. My wife and I have been married 15 years and I can safely say that we are happier today than when we exchanged marriage vows.

The four or five years that I have been assoc- iated with TVia and FPE have been the happiest of my life because they have brought my GG and I closer together. In these few years we have come in con- tact with some very wonderful people whom I consider

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