Samosas at Starbucks

I met Wynn at HCC in the summer of 2004. We were plowing through the
hot summer trying to complete our Government II class. Our instructor,
a lovely woman whose name escapes me, adored Wynn and brought him
special treats from her home in Grenada. Wynn always had bawdy jokes
about Granadian chocolate balls to offer. The straight boys were always
so freaked out by the chocolate balls comments, which made class such
grand fun!

We met again at Texas Woman's University, he was a semester ahead of
me. He was always so modest about his performance in school. This guy
did not put out an ounce of arrogance.

After some difficulties during my second semester at TWU, I was given
the opportunity to have a tutor - Wynn! We met for our first and only
tutoring session at his favorite Starbucks on Shepherd & Harold. He
came bearing gifts of Samosas and I just about lost my mind. I love the
Samosas. We talked for about 4 hours, leaving the class content behind
at about hour one. Wynn was such a blast! What I took away from that
tutoring session was to remember to relax and laugh and everything
would be OK.

And it was...and it will be again.

We all expected to so many great things in Nursing come from Wynn
Martin. He was so generous with his knowledge and humanity.

I will never forget Wynn.

My heart goes out to Mother, Father and Brother. He spoke fondly of all
of you while we ate Samosas.

Warmly,

Carol Haaga