Getting hitched during a war........

I picked up Mrs. Lime's grandma last night since she was going out to eat with us. She watches CNN all the time at home, so she's generally up on current events, though she tends to believe everything they report without exception. So conversing with her on current events is generally a dead end unless I want to hear a rerun of CNN stories. On the other hand, I know one topic that's always good to get her going. Bring up her husband or California (where she grew up), and it's like winding up a toy and letting it go.

Last night she talked about her wedding. Her husband, who she met in an officer's club, flew a plane in the Pacific during World War II. He was basically on-call in that he could be called away at any time to fly a mission. When he wasn't flying, he was allowed to go off the base as long as they had addresses where he could be located if needed. G-ma had been dating G-pa for a short time when they decided to get married. This wasn't that uncommon during the war, as people were constantly making quick life decisions in between missions and tours of duty.

So, G-ma and G-pa ended up getting married at her parents' home. They didn't plan the wedding very far in advance because they never knew when G-pa would be in town. She said they decorated the fireplace mantle with calililies. They had a small number of people there. A family friend played the music on the grand piano in the room. Her best friend sang a song at the wedding. She loved to hear her friend sing. It was all over within a half-hour and they were hitched for life (50+ years all together). That evening, there was a knock at the door.

"Lieutenant, you're needed immediately!", said the man.

G-pa replied back, "What? I just got married!"

Surprised, the man said, "Oh, well I'll see what I can do."

The man didn't come back that night, so they were able to spend their first married night together. However, G-pa was off to fly again the next day. They didn't get to go on their honeymoon until later.

That's all I was able to get out of her. We got back to my house and the great-grandchild suddenly became the focus of Grandma's attention. I'm used to Kali 1.3 stealing all the attention at this point.