As happens in a lot of my stories, a simple errand turned into something more.
I was back home in North Carolina the other week and stopped by the Verizon store in Mayodan to get a new screen protector put on my phone. The young fella helping me was new, and before long we struck up a conversation like folks in small towns tend to do.
Turns out his name was Jon. Newly married. Recent graduate of Rockingham Community College with a degree in fine arts…