The Hair Dryer 2
I decided that even though God made my hair dryer heat up again (see my most recent post), He might not intend for that to be a permanent fix, so I bought a new one. Actually, since hair dryers often…
Category Generation to Generation
Honoring Miss Amly and Sgt. York
The best-known American hero of World War I was Alvin C. York from Pall Mall, Tennessee. My parents took my brother and me there to visit his grist mill years ago. Ray and I later took our children. One of…
Home
According to Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Home is the nicest word there is.” Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace moved often and lived in several states, but Pa and Ma gave their girls that secure place called home. When the red-checked…
Success
I learned much from my daddy. He was an intelligent man. I could tell it myself, but I also remember Mother telling me that he was. She was proud of him. He never had an “important” job. He didn’t wear…
Fiftieth Anniversary
Last Saturday Mother, Ray, and I went to Coopertown, Tennessee, to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mother’s first cousin and her husband. In the area where my ancestors settled before Tennessee became a state, we reconnected with cousins Mother…
The Time is Now
On Wednesday Mother and I went to see the doctor who took care of her while she was in rehab after her stroke. She was pleased with Mother’s progress. However, she surprised us both when she said that Mother should…