Judge Napoli - Part II of Visiting Norman Oklahoma (by William)

Before we came back from our miraculous road trip, we had a chance to see the judge who had my mom and dad married. 

I remembered one early morning, we went to the Cleveland County courthouse.  Our bags had to be checked, then the sheriffs gave me a junior police badge.  Once we got in, we found Judge Napoli’s assistant and asked her if the judge was available for our visit.  She said that Judge Napoli was busy with a case and asked us to wait.  In the meantime, we decided to bring the judge a bouquet of flowers.  At the flower shop, my mom spotted a bouquet with flowers big and small, and all very colorful.  We bought the bouquet and returned to the courthouse after a wonderful late lunch at a Thai restaurant.  The owner knew my parents and opened just for us during the break hours. 

We had to wait a little more but finally, the assistant led us into a large room.  There right in the middle, stood Judge Napoli.  Her hair was gray but her smile was sure welcoming.  She didn’t remember us but after we introduced ourselves, she remembered dad and then mom.  I liked her because she first let me bang the judge’s hammer against the sounding block.  After that, she seated me in the witness’ chair and let me say “Court is adjourned.”  Mom handed Judge the bouquet, and they chatted.

If next time I have a choice of Hawaii or Oklahoma, I would definitely go back to Oklahoma to visit OU, Judge Napoli, my friends, and finally, go back to the Thai restaurant to eat a wonderful meal!