She was a widow raising a seven year old on her own after her husband died in a car wreck right after she found out she was pregnant with a baby boy who never knew his Dad.
I later found out that her name was Kim Jensen, and even at 36 she was in great shape. The brunette stood 5'6" and weighed about 135. A perfect size in my view. She is a beautiful woman with big blue eyes, but looks so sad.
My name is Ted O'Brien, I am 34, and have never been married. I live in a great place with a ton of history--Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I am a history professor who teaches Civil War courses at the local college. When not doing that I am a roving tour guide at the battlefields we have around here in two states.
I was working one weekend in May at the Chickamauga, Georgia battlefield the first time I saw a pretty lady with smoothly-shaved bare legs, wearing short shorts, a white shirt, expensive sandals, and a straw hat. She was so attractive I actually stopped in my tracks. Stunning! I noticed a little boy near her, but farther up a hill from her. He was climbing on a cannon at the top of a rise.
I decided to try to meet them. "Really great view from here, isn't it," I said to the boy. "Do you mean the battlefield, Mister, or my Mom?" I laughed at how clever he was, and was surprised to hear that come out of a kid's mouth. I honestly answered him, "both."
He name was Tim. His mom soon rushed up to where we were. She seemed serious, overprotective and there was an edge to her.
"Sorry sir, my son got away from me. He is so hyper now that the weather is getting warmer." The lady was even prettier up close.
I said, "no problem. I was just getting ready to point out to Tim where the South had a major breakthrough in 1863 that led to a Confederate victory here, a rare thing in the western theater. It is just yonder as they would say back then."
"Really? The South actually won here," she asked. I said, "Yeah, ever heard of James Longstreet"? The attractive lady said, "No, not really, we've got to run, come on Tim."
They walked away from me at this point, and I moved back to my regular post to help other tourists coming up the hill where the cannon was.
It was a busy day at the North Georgia battlefield. We did get a lunch break, though. Three tour guides including me went to Cracker Barrel. I was in line to give the hostess my name when I saw her again, just ahead of us. "Howdy, we meet again, I said. "Can I buy you all some lunch?" "Nope, we're fine, and we always pay our own bills, sir."
I was a tad pissed off at her bitchy attitude and shocked how rough she was with me. It was rude by the standards of the Old South. It was, shall we say, rather uncalled for behavior, but I let it ride because I figured she has a lot on her hands with the boy and might get hit on quite a bit. Tim was very mature for his age, and seemed to realize that plenty of men were attracted to his pretty Mom.
I looked at her. "Sorry, didn't mean to upset you, I'm Dr. Ted O'Brien from the battlefield, we met there earlier. "I remember-- you are a pesky sort of fellow, aren't you? Hello, I'm Kim."
I said "wow, how neat--Kim and Tim. I kind of laughed at my own corny joke. She was not amused.
About that time they called out, "Jensen, party of two, your table is ready." It was now or never.