7:50 PM

Applause follows us as we walk the long ramp to the green room. Near the bottom, Li’l Tommy says in wonder and amazement:

“I didn’t do it!”

Mrs. Walker looks at him and he says with surprise:

“I didn’t do it!”

And she says, “But you got there in the end, buddy. That’s all that matters. You got there in the end.”

And he laughs a hearty laugh saying “Yeah, I got there in the end. I got there in the end.”