Mary Hamilton
Nearly all the vacations my family took while I was growing up were spent visiting grandparents who lived 8 hours away. My paternal grandparents had a room-size rug covering the hardwood floor in their living room. The rug was prickly and scratchy, and since I usually wore a dress, it was especially uncomfortable to sit …
Funny how attached we get to “things.” Last week, we traded in our old minivan for a smaller SUV. It was 12 years to the day since we’d bought it. Halloween night of 2001. I remember wondering if we were crazy or stupid to buy a new car so soon after 9-11. Except for two …
Funny how attached we get to “things.” Last week, we traded in our old minivan for a smaller SUV. It was 12 years to the day since we’d bought it. Halloween night of 2001. I remember wondering if we were crazy or stupid to buy a new car so soon after 9-11. Except for two …
Isn’t it funny how a smell or a song can immediately transport you to another time, another place? That happened one night this week when our church trucked in enough snow to build a couple of small sled hills and a play area. Snow is unusual here in southeast Texas and even when it does …
Isn’t it funny how a smell or a song can immediately transport you to another time, another place? That happened one night this week when our church trucked in enough snow to build a couple of small sled hills and a play area. Snow is unusual here in southeast Texas and even when it does …
