Since I was a youngun, I have collected old postcards.  It started quite innocently enough.  I grew up in a small town in Eastern Arkansas with a lot of huge old homes.  My momma loved to frequent estate sales at said homes.  To occupy my busy little bored self, she would send me to the area that had the postcards.  You see, postcards could be purchased for quite cheap and I think the people putting on the sale were happy I wasn't jumping around and meddling with the "good stuff".  I have…

To set the stage and the players:

My daughter works full time and has her own home.  She also has the smartest, prettiest, brightest, most exquisite child in the world.  (Do I sound like a grandparent yet?)

She struggles, as do most of us these days.  We help her as much as we can but she is one of those people who rarely asks for help and would just as soon do without as to burden anyone with a request for monetary assistance.  (Yes, yes – I did a fine job, thank you very…

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENT COME - GREETINGS:



WHEREAS: The families and loved ones of the victims, the wounded, the Town of Newtown, and the State of Connecticut continue to suffer from the horrific acts of violence that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, December 14, 2012; and



WHEREAS: The lives of twenty innocent children and six dedicated educators were lost to unspeakable violence perpetrated at that school;…

Off we go to the lake for a long holiday weekend.  It saddens me a bit that most people seem to celebrate being off work rather than the intention of the holiday.

I am guilty.  Now that I am older, I am more aware of the purpose - "Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces" (Wikipedia).  There is little hype - a holiday isn't a holiday until Wal-Mart devotes an entire aisle to celebrate.  No gifts being given -…

My daughter was in Saline Memorial over the weekend for the birth of my first grandchild (WoooooHoooooooooo!!).  I admit that I was most apprehensive about her delivering there given the negative stories I had heard as well as less than happy experiences in the ER.

I would just like to say that the experience with Labor and Delivery was absolutely AWESOME.  The nurses were kind, caring, friendly and nice and really and truly did their job.  I have been places where the nurses…