As a good Southern woman, I treasure traditions, and change can be difficult for me.
Still, the world turns, and life sometimes demands change. If last year taught me anything, it was …
Changing times in a changeless place
Your package has arrived …
I’m so old that I remember when getting a package delivered to your doorstep was a really, really big deal.
Today? Not so much.
Both the UPS and FedEx delivery people know …
Cicadas and the sounds of silence
One of the things I enjoy in every season except winter is listening to the sounds of our backyard. We are blessed with about 100 yards of “woods” behind our …
Babysitting Henley Grace boosts ‘Girl Power’
I live in a world of males. With the exception of daughters-in-law, my family is very male. I have two sons, three grandsons, three nephews and four great-nephews. I am …
A new adventure unfolds
My mother called me “Sherri Go Gardner.”
Why? Because she said, “If a car is moving, you’re in it. Half the time you don’t even ask where you’re going!”
I always figured …
Sharing a bed with a sleeping traveler
I don’t remember exactly when I first learned about a “new” trend in parenting called the “family bed” or co-sleeping with children, but I know it was before I became …
Hometown memories jump from a Brownie Scout photo
Sometimes I like Facebook. Sometimes I hate it. Sometimes I am grateful to it for keeping me plugged in with friends scattered all over the world. But on my birthday, …
Guitar girl
I have no immediate plans to retire in the next five or so years – especially as I am soon starting a brand new venture (more on that later).
However, when …