Each week, I answer a question from My Grandmother’s Life by Chartwell Books for my grandsons. Question: What was the first music event or concert you attended? Who did you go with? Music played a huge role in my childhood. My parents (your great-grandparents)...
Okay, so I have a problem. I collect books like most people change underwear. I can’t help myself. My love of books and reading goes all the way back to second grade when my mom realized I was reading anything I could get my hands on. Newspapers. Magazines. I...
I want you to know more about me so each week, I answer a question from My Grandmother’s Life by Chartwell Books. Question: What’s something you learned in school that you remember to this day? Answer: I was blessed with some really great teachers growing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Each week, I answer questions about my earlier life for my grandsons. Question: What do you remember about each member of your family? Momma was the kindest and most caring person I’ve ever met. She had the gift of giving and freely gave of her time and money to...
Sometimes, life has a way of kicking the wind out of your sails. On Feb 23rd, my mother stopped breathing. One minute, she’s laughing with Daddy over America’s Funniest Home Videos and the next, she’s slumped over her chair, her body still as if...
Question: What books or toys meant the most to you as a child and why? Answer: I started reading when I was three so books and newspapers played a big part in my childhood. When I was five or six, it wasn’t unusual for me to run down to the road and get the...
I’m answering questions so you boys will know me a little better. Question: What is an experience you wish you had as a child? There are two: First, I wished I’d never taken piano lessons and had started ballet classes sooner. Piano lessons were my...
