Ronda Rich
A Texas newspaper story began with “Faded country music star, Johnny Rodriguez…” Faded. That hurt my heart. It sounded so brutal.
From the age of 12 to the edge of 15, Johnny Rodriguez was my girlhood crush. I was absolutely convinced that one day I would marry him, and my name would be Ronda Rodriguez. I sat in class, writing that name in my composition book and even took Spanish which was a miser…