By TERRY R. CASSREINO
MADISON (Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010) – When the Univerisity of Mississippi announced this week that its new mascot will be a black bear, my thoughts raced back some 12 years to a fateful day in Oxford that forever changed my life.
Col. Rebel, Ole Miss’ much maligned mascot, played a key role that day – as did the Ole Miss cheerleaders and a large contingent of friends. With their help, I staged an elaborate wedding proposal on Saturday, Sept. 5, 1998, for the woman who ultimately became my beautiful wife.
Pam and I were married on Saturday, May 15, 1999, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison. The wedding was unforgettable, as I’m sure most are. But our journey officially began eight months earlier on the Ole Miss campus.
A little about Mississippi, a little about Louisiana, a little about New Orleans and A LOT about our adoption story. This blog and our adoption story is dedicated to Camryn and Matthew Cassreino so that you both will know. Copyright 2021 by Terry R. Cassreino
