An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
It’s a special day. I’m thinking about my daddy today on his birthday. It’s been almost eight years since he passed away, and I will always miss him. He was known for being the quiet, teddy-bear type in the room, usually videotaping family Christmases or other special events or just sitting…
It’s been a few weeks since I posted to the blog. A LOT has happened since then. My daughter spent a week in D.C. with 45 other young people from around the nation on an American Youth Corp missions trip, my oldest son asked his girlfriend to marry him on July 4…
Last week, I saw some old friends and got to tell them the good news of my third (unofficially adopted) child. She’s engaged to be married! The man she’s marrying is an honest-to-goodness answer to prayer—a lot of prayer! On this blog, I think I’ve told the story of all my…
I know I missed posting to the blog last week, but here’s why: Prominent Night. Each year, our church, First Pentecostal Church of Jackson, hosts a formal affair for the high school seniors. The annual event began in 1989 under the direction of Rev. David Reever, who was the church’s…
When I moved to Mississippi from Texas in 1999, my real estate agent took it upon herself to not only introduce me to the local food (“Today we go to Old Fannin Mart because Thursdays are bread puddin’ day!”), but she also indoctrinated me in all the local garden pilgrimages.…
Here in the South, the saying “April showers bring May flowers” seems to pertain to other places. We’ve had our share of storms the past three weeks, and it’s pouring rain again this morning, but our flowers are already in full bloom! Last week, I was blessed to take the Garden…
My baby girl will be 18 this weekend, and I have some mixed feelings about that fact! I can’t help but think about the events surrounding her birth. We were living in Nashville at the time. She came into this world five weeks early, hurrying me along on a book I…
Forget April Fool’s Day! Easter is so close, and I’m gearing up for a bake sale that will benefit the Bible Quiz teams at my church. If you’re local, please feel free to place an order for one of the goodies that I’m making. They are as follows: Twinkie Cake ($25)…
Have you ever read a book and wished that your family and friends would read it, too, and be impacted in the same way that the story affected you? Alas, interest in dedicating time to the written word is fleeting, and the attention of our family and friends are almost always…
I’m in a reflective mood today, writing this post on Monday, February 14, 2022, and thinking about the spirit of this Valentine’s Day. I am so grateful to the Lord for my husband of 27 years! I recently told my love story to a friend and wondered if my readers…