by pattywrites | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
A journey through my mother’s dementia. This is hard to type. After my granddaddy died with Alzheimer’s twenty-something years ago, I’d prayed this disease would never darken our family’s doorstep again. Watching my vibrant, healthy granddaddy...
by pattywrites | Mar 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Each week, I share something from my childhood with my grandsons. Question: Describe the day you first learned how to drive a car. Hmmm. Let me start with the day your great-granddaddy bought me a car. It was in the summer before I turned sixteen and I had no idea my...
by pattywrites | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Each week, I share my childhood with my grandsons. Question: What was the best gift or experience you had for your birthday? Birthdays were a pretty big deal for me when I was a kid. It wasn’t unusual for 20 to 30 girls to come over to our house for a cookout...
by pattywrites | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Each week, I share something from my childhood or younger years with my grandsons. Question: Using all five senses, describe the city or town you grew up in. I was born in Marietta, Georgia which is a suburb of Atlanta. When I was born, Marietta was still a small town...
by pattywrites | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
I almost quit writing last Wednesday. It wasn’t like I woke up that morning and decided ‘today, I’m going to quit writing’ though I will say it wasn’t too long after that. In fact, I had finished up my morning prayer and was going through...
