More stories of my life, how I met Jeanne and the birds we raise and love

Jeanne and I met in the 7th grade. She was never my girlfriend and was barely even my friend until the 10th grade. We went to Junior High, High School and College together. We lost contact with each other for 26 1/2 years. Then I received a Christmas card and a 3 page letter from some girl by the name of Jeanne M. Johnson. We went out on one date, I proposed during the last 10 minutes of December 31, 1993, and we were married in her parents church on March 1, 19994. She had a little dark gray parakeet which she named "Buddy." Jeanne told me that "Buddy" was a male, but the way that "Buddy" cozied up to me made me believe that "Buddy" was not a boy! When we returned from our Honeymoon, Jeanne's mother, who also had a parakeet, told us that "Buddy" laid 2 eggs, that forever settled the matter. Today, we have Miss Buddy's great grandchildren...