Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Family
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Turning onto Washington, driving toward my parents' house, is like turning pages in an old photo album – everything is much greener and the trees are much taller, but that's Chris Santiago's house on the corner…there's Karen LaRue's house – she had a big playhouse in her backyard…the Astons' house, the Andersons', the Farr's first house,…
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One of the first and best gifts my parents ever gave me was my big sister, or "See-uh-stuh" as I called her for the first few years – I don't remember when I switched to Brenda. Sometimes I feel like I've let my daughter down by not providing…
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"You're the one I think of when Brad Paisley sings 'She's Everything,'" the new groom sang to his bride, strumming his guitar, watching tears fill her eyes, oblivous to the rest of us crowding around to listen. "We've come a…
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My mother vowed several years ago that she would never own another pet. "They just break your heart when they die and I can't take it anymore." I agree with her. It's something I can't help thinking about each time we get a new pet, but so far the promise of joy and pure love…
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"This is my vindication," Tom said, sitting down next to me and waving a Wal-mart receipt between us. He had come from the garage. I thought maybe he had found the receipt for something he needed to return. I wondered what it was – he seemed pretty passionate about it. …
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God smiled on my baby girl this morning in honor of her seventeenth birthday – He provided overcast skies and a few sprinkles of rain. Most people would want sunshine on their birthdays, but TG is working as a counselor at a day camp this summer; she yearned for a break from the sunshine and…
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"You took that turn too fast!" "I don’t think so. It felt okay to me." Why did I think it would be better for me to teach Kendall to drive than to pay for the driving school? I’m not sure the aggravation is worth the money I saved. With her personality, I should have known…
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Yesterday was my ex-brother-in-law Boyce’s birthday. I feel bad because it slipped up on me and I didn’t send him an insulting birthday card like I usually do. Never anything sweet and sappy. It has to be funny and insulting so he knows I still care about him, even though he’s not married…
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Looking through some old files, I came across this letter I wrote to Regis and Kathie Lee years and years ago for their annual Mother’s Day “Great Moms” contest. Unfortunately, it didn’t win; I’ve always felt I let my mother down because I couldn’t adequately explain why she deserved to have her dream…
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I spent my morning sitting on the side of a road, cheering and clapping, as people of all ages paraded before me, either walking, or riding in cars, boats, and golf-carts tricked out in red, white, and blue. They tossed candy and flags, and some squirted bystanders with water guns. Half the town's population marched passed: the high school…
Long Hollow 