January the 18th is the heavenly anniversary of my grandson William Michael Daly. My full name is William Michael Dittmer Jr. The name on my social security card when I first got it at the age of 12 used my middle name Mike. To find my books on Amazon you have to use my middle name Mike and my last name. 1986 is the year the Chicago Bears won the super bowl. It is also the year that my family and I moved from Waycross Georgia just north of the Okefenokee swamp where my family and I used to go down and feed Kraft fresh marshmallows to Al the monstrous alligator that would shock my friends when he came out of the water like a military tank and roar with his mouth wide open. My family stood bravely behind me but anybody that was there to take pictures usually ran for their car or bus. In the voice of Paul Harvey and now you know the rest of the story and why I always say later Gators.
Addenda. According to a neighbor who goes to Okefenokee swamp every year, Big Al is still there, but they wisely have fenced that area off to keep stupid fearless people like me from feeding him marshmallows.
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