#88. (That's the number sign, not a hashtag.) That was my Daddy's jersey number when he played football. He played on his high school team. He was a Green Wave. (Not sure the story behind that mascot name, but I'm sure there are those who do know. I hope to find them and get to… Continue reading #88
Tag: Life moments without Mama and Daddy
A Star in the Dark
This past May was a time of celebrating, remembering, and just a few tears--happy tears. My oldest graduated from my alma mater and now hers, Wesleyan College. The graduating seniors voted for two parents to speak at the Baccalaureate service. It was a great honor to be one of the two chosen. As I told… Continue reading A Star in the Dark
The One About the Finger Injury, Birthing Goats, and Green Yarn
My Cousin is one of the most fascinating and beautiful folks I know. Wait. Perhaps I should start at the beginning. So Saturday night, after a lovely afternoon of painting and then a massive trip to the grocery store, I came home to unload and start supper. I wasn't doing the best I could do,… Continue reading The One About the Finger Injury, Birthing Goats, and Green Yarn
A Legacy of Loving
Thursday evening as we pulled into the middle school parking lot, arriving for the littles' gymnastic recital, Cooter piped up from the backseat, "I wish Maemae weren't dead." Oh my heart. Bless him. Me too, baby boy. Me too. I'm not sure what prompted him to feel that, but maybe it's because she was there… Continue reading A Legacy of Loving
cast of stones
there are times on this journey when the path is covered with brambles and the way is almost indiscernible this is when I miss your voice the most and the wisdom you shared as easily as the stories from days gone by and sometimes they were the same you seemed so assured of right and… Continue reading cast of stones
The Best Day Ever
Today. Another year passes. And our Princess is ten years old. And so I ask what every parent asks, "Where does the time go?" Last year I shared the story of her arrival in this wonderful world she loves so much. Tonight I'm thinking of another birthday, when she turned seven three years ago. My Daddy had… Continue reading The Best Day Ever
First Day of School
Do you remember them as fondly as I do? The first day of school each year? Oh, the smells of new notebooks and pencils and books. The untouched notebook, still brand-spanking new. The quiet hush of the early morning, rising before the sun. We never got up that early during the summer. Well rarely anyway. … Continue reading First Day of School
Ecclesiastes and the Season I’m In Right Now
Ecclesiastes. That's what Mama would say about now. And I'd nod my head and say, "Yes ma'am. I know. You're right." It was her way of saying, "There's a time and a place for everything." Referring to the verses from Ecclesiastes 3. Mama loved that passage. She even wrote it down on one of her… Continue reading Ecclesiastes and the Season I’m In Right Now
some days
some days it is incomprehensible that life keeps going that the world keeps turning that laundry still piles up family still needs to be fed some days it is beyond my ability to do more than what absolutely has to be done even now, even still after all this time always the missing and the… Continue reading some days
A Birthday, A Couch, and a Whole Lot of Love
We moved the brown couch in our house eight days ago. It's known as "Cap's couch." There are so many memories around that couch. Mama and Daddy bought it years ago and put it in the "big room/playroom." The blue fold-out couch was already in there, so now they each had one. They always said that… Continue reading A Birthday, A Couch, and a Whole Lot of Love
I Might Need A Nap 