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<p>Photo courtesy of Jordan Peterson and Pearry Green. &#039;&#039;And just before we got married I knowed I had to--to ask her parents for her. She said, &quot;You&#039;ll have to ask mother and daddy.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;I thought, &quot;Oh, oh. I&#039;m in for it again.&quot; I said, &quot;How about jus</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Photo courtesy of Jordan Peterson and Pearry Green. <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;And just before we got married I knowed I had to--to ask her parents for her. She said, &quot;You&#039;ll have to ask mother and daddy.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I thought, &quot;Oh, oh. I&#039;m in for it again.&quot; I said, &quot;How about just asking your daddy?&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;She said, &quot;Oh, either one of them.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;Thank you, honey.&quot; I went out and remember that night, I was going to ask her daddy and I set down so nervous. He lightened at... So I said... I was so nervous, and she&#039;d look over at me, laughing. And then so I got up off the--the duofold. I walked over, and she said, &quot;Good night.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;And I said, &quot;Good night.&quot; I said, &quot;A-hem, Mr. Brumbach...&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He said, &quot;Yeah...&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;Could I, I, I speak to you just a moment?&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He said, &quot;Sure.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He come walking out, you know, great big fellow, walked out on the porch, and I said, &quot;Sure is a fine night.&quot;<br /> He said, &quot;Yes, it is, Billy.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;My, I like this weather, don&#039;t you?&quot; And I&#039;m so nervous I didn&#039;t know what to do.&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He said, &quot;Yes.&quot; Said, &quot;Go ahead, Bill, you can have her.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;Do you mean it, Charlie?&quot; He said...&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I like him today. My, I thought just then, I thought, &quot;Oh, my, that was fine. I said, &quot;You talk to mother about it. Will you do it?&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He said, &quot;Oh, yes, I&#039;ll fix that up; it&#039;s all right.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;Charlie, look,&quot; I said, &quot;I can&#039;t make her a living the way you do.&quot; I said, &quot;I--I--I only making twenty cents an hour.&quot; I said, &quot;I--I can&#039;t make her... But Charlie, I love her with all my heart, and I&#039;ll work as hard as I can to make her a living.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He put his hand on my shoulder, a fine man, said, &quot;Billy, I&#039;d rather you have her than anybody I know of.&quot; He said, &quot;You&#039;ll be good to her. And after all, happiness don&#039;t consist of how much the world&#039;s good you own.&quot; That&#039;s right, friend.&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;And I said, &quot;Charlie, we&#039;ll be happy.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;And he said, &quot;Well, I hope that you are, Billy.&quot; And he said, &quot;Be good to her.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;I said, &quot;I will.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;He said, &quot;I&#039;m glad to know that you&#039;re going to get married.&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> :Sermon: Life Story, Cleveland Ohio, August 20, 1950</div>

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