Things for Which I am Thankful 1. My husband is no longer in my house. A big old “Thank you, Jesus!” is in order. 2. I have 4 days off after 3 months of continuous work. 3. I don’t have to wake up at 5AM. I can sleep until 8AM or later if I want! 4. My cholesterol is down 35 points. 5. I can walk 3 miles in less than an hour. 6. I will be divorced for sure in 5 more months. Friends, you be chillin’ that bottle of champagne! 7. My “get away” house in the mountains & I’m going there very...

Things My Children Haven’t Done…Boy, Have They Missed a Lot! 1. In the middle of a warm summer night chased the dozen baby pigs the size of footballs that escaped from the pigpen. Piglets are hard to catch…not fur, no neck, no handles. 2. Swung across a rock strewn ravine on a grapevine deep in the Applachian mountains of Virginia. My hillbilly cousins thought it fun to scare their flatland cousin (me) to death. 3. Slept on Grandma’s feather bed under handmade quilts…Sun Bonnet Sue fashion...

Sitting Up With the Dead Dear Bubba, How you doing in the hoosegow? Good I hope! Well, last Saturday I was down to the Looking Good Beauty Salon on Main Street getting my hair curled. As usual, Emma had a shop full of customers. We were all lamenting the early demise of dear ol’ Uncle Grady. He surely will be missed! After all he was a good Christian although he came late to the congregation and shortly after he gave up the moonshining business. He died a natural death, old age I rec...