If you read yesterday’s reflection, you know I was listening to country music on a trip I took recently. I love the names of country songs. There’s just something about them that take you to places you sometimes want, and sometimes don’t want, to go. Must Be Doin’ Something Right is one of those songs […]
Did you hear about the guy who traded in his gun at eight years old to buy his grandma a washing machine? About 50 years ago, Terry felt sorry for his grandmother because she didn’t have one. He decided to take the only think he owned that was worth anything to a local pawn shop […]
I was on my way down to Charleston, South Carolina on Friday. As usual, I tuned in to my favorite country music radio station and heard a song called “Just Give it Away.” The story goes like this. The husband, who is singing, tells about his wife leaving – one of the many times she […]
We have a new Superintendent in our school district. His name is Scott. Scott was the name of my younger son so, when I see that name or meet someone with that name, it brings back fond memories of my early days as a mother of two. Scott has many talents. Besides being an extraordinary […]
My mother, Ruth, was born in Wales in 1923. That would make her about 83 years old today. “Mom,” as we kids call her, is one of the gentlest souls I know. She’s always been that way, even when we were young children growing up in the country. Her personality never changed and you could […]