What a lovely Thanksgiving weekend with the whole family! That included our two, spouses, and grandchildren, plus Gina’s mother, sister, spouse, children. Eighteen in all! And everyone stayed with Josh and Gina but us; we went to a hotel. Quite a crowd! The grands are ages 8, 9, 13, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22. Yesterday … [Read more…]
I have an odd little collection of flatware I never use, but I keep it for sentimental reasons. At some point, both my mother and my father-in-law gave me a handful of old family flatware. Each of them offered pretty much the same sentiment: “Someone ought to keep these and I figured you’d be most … [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…]
Cousins! The very word conjures visions of sun-filled days–playing, laughing, water fights with the garden hose, picking briar-dense blackberries, eating olives and drinking 7Up, wading in the creek. We each have our own memories, from the summer ones to crazy Christmases with snowball fights and cozy fireside stories from Granddaddy (as he spit his tobacco into … [Read more…]
