Porter & Gran.

I'd always pick on my Gran, when we saw someone with pink hair & peircings everywhere "you think he's hot?" she'd just shoot me a look and I'd laugh. "Matt is the only boy who is good lookin'..with skittle hair."

There is a few celebrities that my Gran had a 'thing' for. She enjoyed Bob Barker, Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Dolly Parton.

I'm not sure when her thing for Porter started. I just know that it's as far back as I can remember. She would stop at his concerts when he was at Opryland and he would always hug her when he saw her. They would laugh and joke, seemed to get along so perfectly. He was a friendly man. Gran said she just liked his smile - and his jackets.

She'd watch the Grand Ole Opry every saturday night on GAC, and she'd do a little crazy dance when she heard he was lined up to come on stage. Seriously, cutest thing ever.

There was a picture made back in the early '90s of her, Porter & Jim Ed Brown taken at Opryland. She displayed it proudly in her bedroom until a few years ago, when she lost it in a move. I'm sure when we eventually move her stuff, we'll find it.

Until then, I know in my heart that Porter is now in heaven with my Gran, playing some good banjo songs with my Grandpa. And she's lovin' every minute of it.