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####GRADUATION and BEYOND!!####
By 1973, half of Kenny's last year of school was over, and since He was only going to school a half a day, anyway....He was slowly melting into what would become a more complexed matter, but for now it was just part-time work, at the best paying grocery store in town, and then running around with His Cousins and best friend, BUT still going to Church every Sunday and every Wednesday night that He didn't have to work....
That in itself, gave Him extra perks with me.....We Angels get a little extra pull when we can speak highly of Our Humans when God comes checking in On Us!
Since Kenny or Charles had never liked going to the Social Events in High School, like the Dances, and Prom etc....Graduation was really just another Fork in the Plate of getting the meal over ---So they could head for Dessert at the Local A & W Drive in or Dairy Queen...
That same year though, a new DRIVE IN Came to town that changed the eating habits of half the population in Kenny's Area, and the Teens automatically had a new hang out and a place to Circle....THE SONIC DRIVE IN was born....
With Girls on Skates bringing your orders with service at the ~~SPEED OF SOUND~~ and it was built based around the theme of the 1950's all over again...Mind you.....I really wasn't around earth at that time, but I did do some research on that time period because Kenny was born --smack dab in the middle of that decade...
Well...As I think I recall, I told You earlier that Kenny's friend, Charles, was very interested in FAST CARS and RACING...and He had bought him a 1964 Plymouth Belvedere and had it all supercharged, hotrodded up and all that Jazz....
Thankfully, since I knew ahead of time some of Kenny's Interests, I didn't have to know about Automobiles all that much...
Well, I knew my wings would not be resting long before I would have to spread them and do my protection thing again.
It was a typical summer Saturday night and Charles had just got his car running after doing somemore souping up on it...
It didn't even have a backseat in it at the time, but He wanted Kenny to go for a test drive with Him.
I gulped, but prepared Us for the Journey....and zooooom.....down the long stretch of country blacktop road we went, 60....75.....85.....100......110.....Yes, my wings were spread as wide as they could be and Kenny was holding on for dear life as the car was shaking all over the road...
I looked over at the speedometer at it was bouncing at 135 miles per hour....and now, Kenny had his eyes shut...I knew he was praying.
I decided it was time for Us to slow down and I flapped my wings and flew out on the hood of the car......and billowed them out....and the car began to overheat and Charles slowed it down...and pulled over to check it out...
He had to add some water because the engine was super hot....and He had to drive it slow back to town.....
Kenny was glad that ride was over..It would be the last time He rode or drove that fast with anyone....
Several weeks later, unfortunately, Charles was racing someone and his engine caught on fire, and he had nothing to put the fire out and ended up burning the engine up...
So...Charles was back to the drawing board, and Kenny had survived another event in His life thanks to Me....and Prayers......and His belief in God......
I often wondered If Charles had stayed in Church and not stopped going like He did as soon as he graduated, whether or not His car would have burned that night...Hum......
{The following stories from Virgil's Journal are true, for the most part,some of the photos are not actual photographs of the events they depict}
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