Once you learn how to ride a bike you can always ride one, isn’t that the way the saying goes? People use it for all kinds of things. If you learned to ride a bike you’ll never forget how to do it. And I guess you don’t. I have wanted an electric bike for awhile … [Read more…]
“Oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining. It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth.” Such a beautiful song. When I started singing this earlier today it wasn’t because of Christmas, although this is a time of Christmas carols and hymns. I was singing it in response to the death of a member … [Read more…]
When I was growing up my family would travel every summer to visit my father’s uncle in Paragould, Arkansas from Louisville, Kentucky. Now I realize that we were either taking my grandmother to visit her brother or picking her up. But back then I knew that we were going to spend a week at the … [Read more…]
Well, it has happened. Actually it happened a long time ago. I am now making it public. I have Grandma arms. You know, that extra skin, or whatever, that hangs down from your upper arm (you know, the triceps). It’s like an old cartoon of a weight lifter whose muscle is tight and then slinks … [Read more…]
When I asked for suggestions on what to write about I didn’t expect anyone to give me ideas. I literally have lists upon lists upon lists of things I want to write about. There might be a reason I haven’t made it through those lists. Those ideas bounce into my mind and in about a … [Read more…]
You stole my heart the minute I knew you were there.It didn’t seem realBut you were what I always wanted for him It’s by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done …I’ve had some hard times in my life. My dad died when I was 19. My mom died when I was 26. I divorced … [Read more…]
Uncle Ted was married to my mother’s twin, Marilynn. He was a very quiet man, a very intelligent man. He had a great sense of humor that I would see, on occasion, when he and my dad would start cutting up. Our favorite thing to say was that Marilynn and Carilynn married Ted and Fred. Of … [Read more…]
When my dad died my mom wanted this song for his funeral. She said it was because Daddy died in the morning. I can’t hear this song without thinking that. Daddy was sick his entire adult life. The last two years he was in and out of the hospital. We really thought he would survive … [Read more…]
My brother-in-law, Joey Elder died the last month. He had been sick for so long. He was never going to be better. It’s a blessing. It does just hurt so much. The man was loved, truly loved. And he loved many. When he began having troubles the week before he died I lit a prayer … [Read more…]
“Every time I dare to do a good thing I’m doing it in the name of my mother.” Maya Angelou I want to be a good person. I really do. I try really hard sometimes to be a good person. Most of the time I can handle it but then there are times that doesn’t … [Read more…]