In A Different Key

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Martha

Donald is... Is not really chatty. To carry on a conversation in complete sentences, he does not do. He's not gonna chit-chat. He'll chit-chat, but it's gonna be a short chit-chat. He loves to be funny. He'll say, "Hey, Celeste, I'm gonna shoot you with a rubber band on Sunday." (instrumental music) It's usually not during the service, sometimes before the service or after, when the preacher pronounces the benediction. I'll get a little sting and I'll know what it is. (instrumental music) Did you shoot me with a rubber band? Oh, yeah. I've already shot you. I didn't even see you. It's hard not to love him. I think it's him, not us. (laughs) -

Sid

Once you've been around him, it's just difficult to not want to pull for him and root for him. And in a community like Forest, one reaction that Don evoked from the townspeople, was yeah, Don's got some odd behaviors and some eccentricities, but he's our guy, and we don't want to see anyone take advantage of him or manipulate him or harm him in any way. Donald gave me hope, but I don't know that I knew that at the time. But I was just so drawn to him and this community. I want to figure out how did they get it right, because they really did get it right.