Daddy, what is BSSYP?
“Sugar, it is what I’ve told you all your life. Be sweet and say your prayers.” For many years, Daddy never missed leaving his mark on each letter or package that my Mama carefully and lovingly addressed. BSSYP survived graduation from college, graduate school, marriage and now our first baby! My unique tribute to Mama and Daddy is a perpetual Virginia license tag with BSSYP on it. The look on my parents’ faces when I drove home for the first time donning my “tribute tags” was priceless. God only knows how many people have inquired about its meaning over the years. I’ve never tired of sharing this tribute about my special parents, Bo and Maxine Bowman. I taught school almost ten years and an old license plate always adorned my classroom. The students inquired about it without fail and were given a little extra credit when they sought out its meaning and told me the next day. They loved it! Imagine my joy in giving my parents an autographed copy of Dennis Rainey’s book The Tribute (Thom
