July 1942-Sept 5, 1942

During this period Bud was working in the Panhandle, TX area while Verna was back in the Brinkman, Sayre area of Oklahoma. Boy oh Boy where they heart sick when they were apart. They had known each other for almost a year at this point. Bud went off to Texas to work to earn money so they could be married. This was a trying time for Verna in that there was a fire where her mother and brother were burned so she had to take over many of the house hold duties while they recovered. All Verna wanted to do was to run away and marry her love, but as a good daughter she stayed and waited til the time was right. She would split her time between her family home and the home of Bud's parents. She felt closer to Bud while she was at his parent's home but she knew her own family needed her as well so she was very torn. Bud would come home about every 2 weeks or so and this is what kept them going. They would write to each other just about everyday and they would get frustrated if even one day was missed. They relied on the letters as strength to get them through. Toward the end of this period, they were so looking forward to his "coming to get her." She was buying all sorts of house hold items, having showers, and generally readying her self for becoming a wife. He was concerned that he could not supply all her desires and said once "I wish I had been born rich rather than so d___ handsome. That way I could buy you everything you ever wanted." She replied, "If you were rich I wouldn't love you so much. Rich people don't have as much fun...besides it's your looks that caught me!" Apparently he came and got her on Sept 7th or 8th of 1942. This is where the letters end for this year. They were concerned that Bud would be drafted into WWII before they could be married, but it looks like they made it just in time!