I’ve heard women say, “I don’t want to become my mother as I grow older.” How sad. If someone tells me I’m like my mom, I consider it a huge compliment. My mother and I were best friends. I think you’d have liked her. If you never had that privilege, you can get just a […]
Dec 19, 2025
A Look Back, Way, Way Back
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I found my old diary–my very old diary. It was a 5-year diary and, oh joy! it began in 1953! Can you believe it? I’ve always preferred reading diaries or journals of people who lived through old times because to me those are the truest accounts. This was evidently the journal of a young farm […]
Sep 13, 2025
Thoughts
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I think of my cousins on Mom’s side as “The Latty Cousins.” On Dad’s side, it’s “The Day Cousins.” My Latty grandparents had three children and those three had twenty-one children. These twenty-one were/are my first cousins. Of that group, now only four are left. One passed away this spring and one, just yesterday. Their […]
Aug 31, 2025
August’s Farewell
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August ends with a cooler than average temperature, cloudy skies, and a quiet street. Early walkers have gone past my window but all else is still. Even the squirrels aren’t out and about yet. My younger brother sent me a surprise package a few days ago. In it was a model car, a 1949 Ford. […]
Jun 29, 2025
Old Friend
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Yesterday, I saw an old friend for the first time since he left Oklahoma, many years ago. Honestly, I had forgotten about him. Now, isn’t that sad? Please don’t tell him this. But there he was, looking as happy and bright as he had when our friendship was new. He is a well-seasoned traveler and, […]
Jun 27, 2025
Aha! I Found You
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Cleaning out and organizing the writings I’ve done through the years has its rewards. Among the many papers and books stored in my garage, I’ve found poems, a few songs, Sunday School lessons, and stories that I wrote so many years ago, I had forgotten them. It was fun to re-read, sort of like meeting […]
