Only One Life - By Dale Gentry - His Story - His Journey

of the brake, causing him to go right through the garage

door of our new home, and stopping just short of going

through the wall to our new house.

The next day, they picked me up at the airport in

Oklahoma City. On the way home, Rick, Jean and Darla

started crying. Immediately, I knew something was

wrong. My first thoughts were, “oh no, something has

happened to our dog Blackie. ” They informed me about the

garage door, and the scratches on our car. They were

quite surprised when I suddenly started laughing, so

relieved that it was only a garage door and not my dog,

Blackie.

I remember buying Rick a new set of drums when

he was 12 at a music store in Del City, Oklahoma, which

he still has to this day. Music has definitely become one

of his passions, playing drums for many years in church,

starting at eight-years-old. I also enjoyed playing

football and basketball with Rick when he was growing

up, especially basketball, which was his favorite sport.

He has since gone on to have an incredible basketball

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