Cowboy and Angel Adventures

  I want to paint a picture for you… think back to the late 80’s Coach Truman Williamson has had a great record with the Buena Colts… the fans are in stands at Loveless Field, the Buena Boosters are there with fireworks an flare, Colt Spirit is in the air! If you were not at the game, you were listening to the dynamic chemistry between Steve Kurtz and Kevin Carolan on KTAN radio… even fans in the stadium were listening to the play by play on their hand held radios!    I was reading through some of my father’s notes on pre-game materials, and I could hear his enthusiasm as I read his word… “Tonight’s non-conference game is against one of the oldest teams still on Buena’s schedule. The Colts and the Douglas Bulldogs started playing each other in 1969…” I read notes where   my father would write down a question he could ask Steve on-air, that’s the kind of man my father was… very organized and he wrote everything down. Which is why he had the best Buena ‘stats’ of all...

Wendee and Gene believed that the year 2013 was the right time to ask God for intervention and when they both got on their knees and prayed for God to bring someone special into their lives, someone who they could be happy with and spend the rest of their lives raising grandchildren and share love with the family they adore. Little did they know who else was also working to bring this Cowboy and Angel together… Wendee Carolan’s life was a typical, middle class family and the baby of three children from Keven and Melody Carolan Kevin retired from the army in the 70’s and her family grew up in Sierra Vista when the Bergman's moved into the house next door with their daughters. Wendee quickly adopted the Bergman’ as her adopted family. She was given a garden plot in their back yard, she watched the house when they traveled and even taught herself how to play LaDonna’s piano (with a little help from LaDonna). Kendra and Wendee were childhood friends, playing school, webbles-wobbles a...