After Kevin's mother and I divorced in 1976, Kevin and I lived a bachelor's existence in Rosemont.  Merrill had decided to pursue his Master's degree at CSUS and stayed with us while he was going to school.  While he was living with us, Kevin and he developed quite a bond.  They shared a sense of humor among other things as I was to find out in spades after Merrill got his degree and left our house to pursue his dreams.

As I remember it, Merrill's car was all packed and he, Kevin, and I were standing around saying good-bye.  Merrill and Kevin walked close to each another, looked each other in the eye, and one of them said something serious like: "Well, it looks like this is it.  We've had some real good times, but now it's time to say good-bye.  I wish you the best."  Then one of them extended his hand and the other extended his hand also.  As I looked on, I was really touched since I felt the two of them had formed a bond while Merrill was living with us.  I was even getting a little choked up.  Then they both started shaking their whole bodies uncontrollably like a couple of spastics.  It was the funniest thing I had ever seen and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.  GREAT MOMENT - THEY REALLY GOT ME!

Note:  Merrill discusses working on this with Kevin.