I'm thankful for my little five year old granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe lives here in Picayune with her daddy, Mark, her mama, Lynn, and sisters, Hannah & baby Kayci.Zoe likes frogs and bugs and snails and, especially, starfish. I've given her a couple of real ones to treasure and she's always looking for starfish.She loves to [...]
It's good to be home. We had a great trip and saw lots of family and did lots of fun things, but it's good to be home again.The trip home was uneventful. Especially for me, who slept about 95% of the time coming home. I can't stay awake in a car any more on a [...]
Greetings from Abilene, Texas. It's been a while since I last posted. Since last Friday to be exact.
Sorry to be so out of touch, but a lot of miles have been driven between then and now and a lot of visiting has taken place.
We got up at 4 [...]
South Louisiana and coastal Mississippi has a lot of Catholics and they participate in All Saints' Day on November 1 every year. In New Orleans they traditionally go to the cemeteries and clean up and sit at the graves of loved ones as a measure of respect and remembrance.As you know, many of the cemeteries [...]
Boy, am I living it up here in Abilene. I'm doing absolutely NOTHING for a change but eating and sleeping and blogging and reading. Very little watching TV. Oh . . . and listening to my mom tell stories about her life and growing up on the farm without electricity or central heat [...]
She moves softly around me as I sleep, shadows fleeting across my vision. It brings back memories of my childhood when her caress was all that kept me going.
Her gentle, yet strong hand guiding me in all that was right and good.
She is my mother.
Her hands today [...]
My kids like to talk with me. Mark called me last night just to talk. I like to talk with them, too, so we're even. They are delightful people and we have a great time talking with one another and visiting, when we get the chance. I really enjoy talking with my mom, too, and [...]
Okay - here's the moment you've all been waiting for. Some photos from my trip to Winchester, Virginia last week. Of course, two of them are of my son David and the two boys, Tiarnan, 4 1/2, and Brendan, 2 1/2, which could have been shot anywhere, but hey . . . give me a [...]
It just struck me this morning how appropriate my Sunday post was for this week that has been. Do you remember reading Sunday's post (here)? It is where I wrote about our "word/phrase for the week" and this week's phrase was to "give thanks in all circumstances."
If you have been reading [...]
David thinks his kidney stone passed on into his bladder during the night, night befoe last when he was in such pain and awake with it all night. Yesterday morning he was so sick that he finally threw up and felt just horrid. But yesterday afternoon he was able to get a long nap and [...]