Dana and I were in homeroom together in our MHS sophomore year. Dana was sitting several seats to the front of the room. I was new in the school and did not know too many other students. Dana caught my eye over several weeks and so I got to know the boy sitting to my right, Rob Pitts. I said to him, "See that girl sitting up there, I'm going to marry her.” He said “that's interesting because that's my girlfriend. He went on to say he wanted to break up with her so he would introduce me to her. I became friends with all her friends and we started going out later in our sophomore year. We continued going out through high school and college. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2024 and will celebrate our 51st in February.