Gloria Trotter and Suzie Campbell pose at the 2015 Oklahoma Press Association Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City. Photo provided
Before diving into this story, I should say that I know I am breaking the rules by writing this in the first person. I apologize, Gloria.
But sometimes rules are made to be broken.
It was a warm March afternoon in 2005 when I first met Gloria and Wayne Trotter, and I was certain I was making the worst first impression of my life.
For years, I had lived by the rule that if you wanted to succeed, you d…
