My 75th birthday started off with a bang, driving to Hendersonville, Tennessee, for lunch with my dad’s cousin, Judy, who is only three months younger than I am. We had a delightful lunch at Cafe Rakka, a great Mediterranean restaurant. Then to Nashville to meet our granddaughter, Kinley, a freshman at Lipscomb University, for the … [Read more…]
I truly enjoyed the Ralph reunion at the Old Beech Church, near Goodlettsville, Tennessee, on Saturday. I got to speak briefly with all my aunts and uncles—my mother’s three brothers and three sisters and their spouses. All were there except one in a nursing home, and I visited him before the reunion. I’d thought I … [Read more…]
Steve and I, psychologically speaking, are a perfect match: he is a younger brother with an older sister and I am an older sister with younger brothers. (If the idea is that he’s used to a woman bossing him around, I can assure you it hasn’t worked that way.) But the big difference is where … [Read more…]
Through my father-in-law, I learned that “old” is ten or more years older than the person speaking. At age 75, he would bemoan getting in line “behind all those old people.” So I spent last week with old people–very revealing. Steve and I drove to Middle Tennessee, home of my youth, and visited some of … [Read more…]
My Uncle L.D., age 90, has been in the hospital for a week and I have not checked on him. I got email reports from another niece and had been extra-busy with a houseful of weekend guests, so I had excuses. Today I called the Nashville hospital patient information number and asked for information on … [Read more…]
Aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews! What treasures we have in our own families—treasures to tap and treasures to offer. Last week my niece graduated from Vanderbilt University—one in a class of 1004. (And that was only the Bachelor’s Degree people!) Steve and I made a special effort to be there, and she was very appreciative. The … [Read more…]
