She lived on Prickett Lane with her parents
The youngest of five children.
He lived on Foster Lane two blocks away
The oldest of four children.
They went to Billings Senior High School
in Billings, Montana
And he was the neighborhood paperboy.
He fell for her straightaway
As the story goes
And never dated another.
Her father called him “a squirt”
And she wanted to play the field
But when she did he was heartbroken
And she felt sorry for him.
They married four months after graduation.
She was a princess in her family
And he was a prince.
They married in a small Lutheran church
Where they were confirmed a few years earlier
By the young pastor who led their catechisms.
Two large families were joined together that day.
Their wedding was like a fairy tale.