Any place is Fine

Melissa and I celebrated our anniversary in Scotland this year. It reminded me of a story from a decade ago.

Melissa and I had planned a full day, so we decided to go to the earlier Mass at 8 a.m. After church, we went to Second Street Cafe, for breakfast.

Pulling into the parking lot between Bailey's Office Supply and Hotel Ottumwa, we took the last space available; a diagonal space between two sedans.

Melissa has always been methodical in her protocol for disembarking the vehicle...I mean to say she's slow to exit. I recalled advice I got from her friend, Nicole Johnson, years ago when Melis...