This year has had peaks and valleys, highs and lows. Our first low was being in Fort Lauderdale when Esteban Santiago opened fire in the baggage claim area. Fortunately for us, we had just left that area and were waiting for our hotel shuttle. Our high for that day? Getting a taxi in that chaos … [Read more…]
For about thirty years, every October our family has headed to the Smokies for a long weekend. The group has evolved over the years: Steve’s dad and Steve’s sister and husband, our children’s spouses, my mother with my brother and his family, our grandchildren. Every new addition adds more interest to the trip. Most of … [Read more…]
Visiting the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee always brings to mind various Psalms I memorized long ago. Those earliest verses are from the King James Version, of course. (I tried my best to get my mother to read another version, but her reply: “If it was good enough for King James, it’s good enough … [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…]
Post #17 in the Blog Every Day in May Challenge, 250 words or less. Prompt for May 17: A favorite photo of yourself and why. I love this photo because it’s with my two beautiful children but also because of what it represents. We are under an umbrella; we’ve withstood the storms of life together. We are … [Read more…]
