Sixth grade was an awkward time for me. I wasn’t pretty, popular or athletic; but had somehow gotten the “smart” label. In actuality I was just an average child with average grades who liked to read and write. My sixth grade teacher at Cave City...

I received this and it says a lot about the way I think also. *All the politicians running for president are promising change to the American people. We send them billions and billions of tax dollars and they send us the change. Funny? Not really;...

In the 4th grade I was somewhat of a jump rope champion among my friends. We would jump rope every day during recess. Most of the time we switched off jumping and turning the rope while chanting rhymes that dictated the style of the jump....

Even though I was a model child, I occasionally got into trouble. Not so much trouble at home since I was afraid of the consequences, but I did manage to be quite mischievous at school. One of my favorite grades was 4th grade. Mr. Goodwin...

My family was thrifty as I was growing up. My mom made the majority of the clothes for my sisters and I. We “saved” the milk for the baby, had a large garden to supplement the groceries and went to the doctor only as a...

Driving well has never been one of my strong points. Clearly God has watched over me many times while on the road. When Nancy was small, I would take her with me all the time. One day we were driving around and I took her...

As a child I loved Barbie dolls and all the paraphenilia that came along with them. My parents purchased dolls, houses, cars, vans and my mom made tons of barbie clothes each year for Christmas. I could play with them for hours on end. Eventually,...

I was around 9 years old when my Mom had a fireworks stand out in front of our house. I don’t remember much about the stand but after it was all said and done, I got a brand new bicycle. It was purple, had a...

Toby and I have been married 18 years now. Eighteen years of ups and downs. Some of them more memorable than others. One of the funniest things I remember was way back in the beginning…… We were fighting about something (can’t remember what) and it...

There are so many things I hope to be able to talk about on this blog site. I started it in an effort to preserve memories I have of my children, family and friends. That is still my main goal. However, I also hope to...

Laughter is the best medicine. My great grandmother came to visit us when we lived in Cave City. I don’t remember the year but it was before I was 12 years old. I also don’t remember the incident; however, I do recall that my grandmother...

There aren’t a lot of things I remember as a child, but I do have a few specific memories. This one was before my family started going to a Pentecostal church. I remember being spanked by my dad when I was about 9 years old...

Well, I was born on Tuesday…. The local bank has a dual door system. The outside doors open automatically and the inside doors are open physically. The layout of the doors would lead you to believe that both doors swing open automatically. As you walk...

Self-preservation is an ingrained trait.When Tia was about 2 or 3 years old, we lived on Summer Street in Hot Springs, AR. She was a tiny, beautiful girl. She was small enough to sit in her high chair pushed up to the table. One evening...

I used to wonder what my children would be when they grew into adults. I had high hopes for them. Both children attended a pre-school where they learned to read basic words, write the alphabet and other things children learn while in preschool. After one...