Hank, Patsy, Mother, and Daddy
Mother, Ray, and I were sitting at lunch the other day. Out of the blue, she said, “I think it was 1952 when Hank Williams died” (Mother was off by one year; it was 1953). Ray and I certainly knew…
Mother, Ray, and I were sitting at lunch the other day. Out of the blue, she said, “I think it was 1952 when Hank Williams died” (Mother was off by one year; it was 1953). Ray and I certainly knew…
Ray and I were discussing our plans for the fall the other day. One thing he would like to do is to visit his hometown. Ray’s daddy was an only child and Ray’s only brother has also moved away. The…
Ray’s parents, Wes and Joan, had been married for thirty years when she died in 1975. Three years later Wes married a former neighbor whose husband had died. Wes and Christine were married for twenty years. Near the end of…
Our house has lots of old stuff and some new stuff that will be old stuff some day unless Jesus comes back first. Why do I keep old stuff? Many things I keep because of the people connected with them. I’ll…
In a small house in rural middle Tennessee lived a father Gabe, a mother Corinna, their six sons, and the youngest, a girl whom everyone called Sister. The mother was a devoted Christian; the father an alcoholic. Together they ran…
Learning to work is one of the many lessons we learn from our parents. Both my parents worked hard. Mother took in sewing at home. She was working when I got up and often worked until 9 or 10 at…