I know that I tell the same stories every year about this time but they are my stories and I go with them. When I was in high school, our speech and debate team would travel over Thanksgiving to Pittsburg, PA to compete in an NFL tournament. No, not football. We were an all-girl school. … [Read more…]
I have decided that we have two sets of friends in our life: friends for life and friends for life. Confusing, huh? But really, not. We have friends for life. These are people that we meet along the road of our lives and we just click. We can tell at once that these people will … [Read more…]
I did one of those “ask your spouse” quizzes with my husband. One of the questions was “what’s her favorite movie?” Jimmy said that my favorite movie was Twilight. I looked at him like he didn’t have any idea who I was. Have I really been married to this man for over 20 years? I … [Read more…]
Don’t you? Sometimes you want to cry because you’re sad. Sometimes because you’re happy. Sometimes because you’re frustrated. Sometimes because you’re mad. Sometimes as an anti-climax. My mother cried a lot. She used to say that she was feeling sentimental and blue. I’m sure she cried because she was sad. I’m sure she cried because … [Read more…]
40 years ago this week The King passed away, Elvis died. It was 1977. It was August. It was devastating. I can remember my mother crying about it for days. It was not a good time. You see, earlier that year, another love of my mother, my father had passed away. He was the same … [Read more…]
In response to a rumor that some of the best fried chicken you'll ever put in your mouth can be found in a small town in western Kentucky. And if you don't get there when they open at 11 AM, you're not going to get any. I'm here to tell you, it's no rumor. It's … [Read more…]
Note: Every year, before the political speaking at the St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic, there is an award that is presented to those who go above and beyond to help the community of Fancy Farm and all of Graves County. This year, one of the recipients of the award was my husband, Jimmy Elder. This … [Read more…]
Today is my daddy’s 82nd birthday, the 82nd time the earth has gone around. It’s been 41 years this year that Daddy left this earth. He was 41. When I was growing up I was always excited about Daddy’s birthday. I don’t know why, other than Mom usually had people over and she always baked … [Read more…]
When I was twenty-six years old my mother died of lung cancer at the age of 49. At the time I thought she was older. Now I know how young she was. She had lived a very full life. She had married young and had her children young. She had raised her children to adulthood, … [Read more…]
I don’t remember the first time I went to a music concert. Maybe it wasn’t really a concert at all. Maybe it was when I was in the 7th grade and my family took a trip to Nashville to see The Johnny Cash Show. I remember that clearly. My daddy had tickets, maybe someone … [Read more…]