LeeAnn Smith shared a story about William Smith

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William
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1934 - 2018

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Tommy Boy

I have many small stories I could tell about Bill. Ones of playing cards, or cribbage and how Bill was very sly. The way he could teach Audrey how to be equally as sly, then both acting totally innocent. However my favorite story is about Tommy Boy. Yes the movie. If not the whole family, then most of the family was gathered in the Kent house living room watching Tommy Boy. The movie gets to a scene where they strike a deer with the car. . . which Im sure most can relate to. . . sad, but they put deer in the back seat of the car. The stunned, not dead dear wakes up, goes crazy in the car. Of course everyone is laughing. Well Bill rewinds it to watch that scene again. We laugh. Then he rewinds it again. Then again, then maybe 6 more times. . . Ok, you would think this annoying, but by this time everyone is laughing so hard, not really at the movie, but at each other. . . the high pitched whooping, screams, and tears of joy from the one sibling would send the other one into an even bigger fit. I remember looking back at Bill as he is sitting in his big old recliner, just taking it all in watching his adult children, pretty sure seeing them as still small children and looking so proud. Or thinking He who has the TV remote has all the control.

Posted by LeeAnn Smith

Monday September 17, 2018 at 7:21 pm