Yesterday I spent most of the morning with my children cleaning my great aunt's house. It has sat empty for over three years now. We have a new realtor and high hopes this time. When I went in for the first time in quite a while on Friday, meeting with the realtor, I knew we… Continue reading Why I Want to Wear Black
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Hey Girl
I originally wrote this when my Aub was away for a few days on 7/21/2008. I can only imagine how precious the Hey Girl will be in a few months, when she goes off to college. As we prepare for her graduation tomorrow night, I am waxing reminiscent. I realize that since I've written this,… Continue reading Hey Girl
The Memory of Yesterday, The Legacy of Tomorrow
This weekend marks 23 years since I graduated from college. I don't think of it every year, but for many reasons, this year it's been on my mind. It was four years before that I spent a week choosing between Wesleyan and Georgia Southern. Yeah, you don't get much more polar opposites that those two, do you? … Continue reading The Memory of Yesterday, The Legacy of Tomorrow
Prom Night
My girl. Her Junior/Senior. No, really, it's her first and last prom. It's a long story but this is her junior and senior year, so this is it. THE PROM. She hemmed and hawed as we do about whether she would go or not. In the end, she wrote her own check and bought her… Continue reading Prom Night
Ain’t nobody gonna help you
Tuesday when the littles and I were headed back from the Grand Opera House to where we'd parallel parked (you may take a moment to be impressed--ha) on a side street, I saw this display in the window of a bookstore. As I stood there taking it all in, I thought about what Daddy said when I… Continue reading Ain’t nobody gonna help you
I Might Need A Nap 