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Show house/ ' 453 iother-in-law a g a i n s t the d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w . * The Bible had of jredicted i t and I was l i v i n g proofAprophecy f u l f i l l e d. Brian had returned to Camp Pendleton, having said goodbye. tfl^^riSSas^^na^reO^liJiHi^. Everyone expected him to be in Vietnam within a month. But in my t h i r d month, I threatened dscarriage. Brian was dismayed and flew to Salt Lake City without leave. When the weekend was over, he stayed on. We lived in my bedroom a t my m o t h e r ' s house, l i s t e n i n g to the radio and reading when I was not in c l a s s at the University. Each time the telephone rang, I jumped in t e r r o r and Brian's blue eyes grew wide. During the winter, Danny had been working at the construction of a new school of nursing when the scaffolding beneath him broke. He f e l l t h i r t y feet down an e l e v a t o r shaft, just as my father had done about f o r t y - f i v e years before. Only my father had simply wrenched h i s b-aek - a condition which sent the him to A c h i r o p r a c t o r who was to become h i s mentor and father-in-law. But Danny had broken both legs badly and four vertebrae had been crushed. For a time, the doctors did not expect him to walk again. After months of t r a c t i o n , operations, and torment, Danny's ankle was fused - no more skiing or b a s k e t b a l l - and he was released from the h o s p i t a l. Danny professed h i s g r a t i t u d e for the f a l l . " I t ' s a blessing in disguise," he said, sounding so much l i k e my f a t h e r . "I was getting r i p e for the d r a f t . They've been picking on college grads because of student exemptions and I had only one q u a r t e r to go. Now they c a n ' t d r a f t me." He looked at Brian and I thought there was something g l o a t i n g in h i s manner when he said, "They wouldn't want meAif I was s t u p i d enough to j o i n up, I4ke soflte-fooi^ j \ggwmv-Arid lm Imd grinned in h i s i r r e p r e s s i b le |
