Glenda : ( recovering from her laughter ) I was like 16 then with those Levi ' s lol . ( fanning her
hands away ) We were young . ( laughing again at the Levi ' s comment ). Ever since I met Terry , I knew I wanted him to be my husband .
Terry : I graduated in 1980 and then moved Baltimore to
work . I left Dunbar to go find more opportunities . In Baltimore , I found a job at Sears Cleaning Service . Glenda was still in Dunbar . I left for Baltimore in June of 1980 and was gone until Christmas . I would visit for the holidays . When I came home and saw Glenda , Man , I was like , ‘ I ' m staying here . I am not going back to Baltimore ’. I never went back . I stayed in Dunbar to be near Glenda .
Shanna : Glenda , what were your thoughts and feelings
about Terry moving to Baltimore ?
Glenda : Well , I was still in high school . I was like ' Dag man ,
my homie ain ' t here no more ’. I really missed him . We wrote letters but we couldn ' t call each other . Back then we didn ' t have cell phone and we wasn ' t going to run up a phone bill calling each other long distance . When I graduated , I had a basketball scholarship to go to college . I scored over 1000 points in my four years of high school . Terry was very supportive . Then I left to attend college , Terry would come to visit me every weekend . During the Thanksgiving break of my freshman year , I came home and saw Terry , and never went back . I wanted to stay in Dunbar with Terry . We were inseparable .
Shanna : That is such a sweet story of your love . When it was time to propose , who proposed
to whom ?
Terry : She proposed to me . ( pointing his thumb to his chest and smiling )
Glenda : Yes . I proposed to him . It was a leap year . Back in those days it was a myth that
women were supposed to propose to the men during a leap year .
Terry : I bought the engagement ring . I was
going to propose to her but my mother said that it was a leap year and the women were supposed to propose . So , I walked into Glenda ' s house , her cousin was doing her hair in the kitchen , and I stood up tall and said ' Ain ' t you ' posed to ask me something ? This is your year .' So Glenda came over and popped the big question .
Glenda : Yes , I was in the kitchen getting done
up ! ( laughing ) I got down on one knee and I started to ask him , but I kept laughing . I would start to ask , but had to stop . I did this for a few times , start and stop and laugh . Start and Stop and laugh . Then finally I asked him , ‘ Would you marry me ’?
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