Elvis kissed me and after he kissed me, he said to Joe Esposito who had my camera, "Did you get that picture Joe?" Joe said, "I didn't know you wanted me to Boss", then Elvis said, "yes, I wanted you to, let's do it again". I said to Elvis, "Gee I never had an audience before". So Elvis took me into another room, kissed me again and Joe snapped this picture. Of course I didn't mind that at all! But I have to say that my knees felt like they were going to buckle and I'm sure Elvis felt my heart pounding. 

I still can't believe this girl from a town of 3,500, and thousands miles away from Memphis, got to meet Elvis Presley and become his friend. It was a dream come true. I know I am very, very lucky and I am very thankful.

Well, actually, I have two. (favorite memories of Elvis) The first one would be regarding the "Aloha Special". It was originally shown in January via Satellite around the world. Then they re-ran it in the U.S. the following November. I was living in Palm Springs at the time and Elvis just happened to be at his Palm Springs house during the re-run. So I was very fortunate to be at the house sitting next to him and watching it with him. There were probably 8 people at the house that night. He was telling all of the things that happened that we didn't see on TV. Elvis was very tuned in on things and he knew every spot where someone made a mistake, such as the symbols at the wrong time, etc. When it was over, we applauded and he stood up, took a bow, and said, "Oh, it was nothing!" (only shown to over a billion people World-Wide and the first time a show had ever gone via satellite!) but I loved his sense of humor, It was one of the most becoming things about him.

The other time was at the Palm Springs house and it was just him and me sitting on the sofa in his den. He was in a sort of blue and in rather a quiet mood and all of a sudden he just started singing, "A Man Without Love", a cappella. It was just beautiful and very moving. I still get chills when I think about it. I also spent time with him at two of his homes in Hollywood and also in the suite in Las Vegas, but we'll save a few of those stories for another time. There are many wonderful memories.

We all know that Elvis had a beautiful voice and a beautiful face, but I want people to know that Elvis had a beautiful soul. He was very intelligent, he had the most wonderful sense of humor and he loved to have fun. But most of all, he was a gentleman.