Sammie Strikes Again

My grandmother is one of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet.  She’s classy and smart and has worked hard all her life.  Sometimes she looks so sweet and grandmother-like that you let your defenses down and that is when she “zings” […]

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Only Gains Since Last Loss ( Grief and Girdles)

It has been twenty pounds since anyone in our family has passed away. I know this for sure because recently I lost my dear Aunt Mary.  She was my grandmother’s sister and one of the people I admired most in the world. […]

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Leaving The Nest

On February 17 I will be doing something I have never done or even wanted to think about doing. I will be putting each of my children on different airplanes to different destinations ALONE! Well they won’t exactly be alone because Ashley […]

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I just need a connection..

Recently I spent a week in Tennessee on our family farm with my grandmother. When I tell you that the technology capabilities there are not up to speed with the rest of the world I am being kind. First of all, she […]

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