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than anyone!” She then turned to me. “You know, since Lowell retired, he has pretty much driven me crazy, hanging around all the time. Why, sometimes I have to get someone else to come over to help me, and send him off fishing just so I can have some peace.” Lowell laughed, and I smiled. I knew the truth, and so did they. They would be lost without each other. And she would only send him off because she loved him, and knew he needed a break. “You used to send me off ahead every time we went camping, only so I could get the campsite ready before you joined me,” Lowell replied. “Well, I figured if you were going to drag me out into some wilderness for a weekend, you could darn well make it as nice as possible,” Lucille retorted. I laughed at their friendly banter. I knew there wasn’t a couple anywhere that could be more devoted to each other than they were. Lowell was an old farmer and had worked hard all of his life. Like most farmers, he planned to work until the day he dropped in his field. But Lucille had 14