Elaine McAnally (Walker)

I met Blossom in first grade at Stevens Elementary, where we became good friends. We shared the same February birthday and her dad always had something wonderful planned for us on that day. She drug me around for several years while she stalked Buddy Swayze. All jokes aside, Blossom was a gifted dancer and performed with Patsy Swayze’s Jazz Ballet Company. We spent many happy days swimming in her pool and watched Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon in her bedroom, on the miniature pink TV. We grew apart in high school when boys became the focus of our lives and she joined the Waltrip drama group. I’m so glad that we finally reconnected in 2017 and reminded each other of the good memories we shared as kids.