Walkin’ on air

by | Jan 20, 2009 | Chattanooga, Family, Kids, Photos, Wordless Wednesday

Walnut Street Bridge, Chattanooga, TN. December 2008.  A trip to Chattanooga's North Shore must include a walk on this pedestrian bridge, closed to vehicular traffic in 1978.  The literal bird's eye view of the Tennessee River, Bluff View Arts...
Last gift

Last gift

by | Jan 11, 2009 | Family, Memoir, Personal

My father was notorious for imaginative gift-giving, particularly in the last years of his life. Rarely the one to act on a suggestion, if he saw something he thought you needed, he’d get it; never you mind, it was something you couldn’t even sell on Ebay!...
Garage talk

Garage talk

by | Jan 11, 2009 | Advice, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

The memory is chiseled in my mind as in stone.  It was during the season I learned to enjoy my own company, a life-lesson years in the making. Sitting on a park bench sipping a Chick-Fil-A lemonade and reading To Kill a Mockingbird for the fourth time, a cozy blanket...
The secret drawer

The secret drawer

by | Jan 4, 2009 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Parenting, Personal

How could I forget the treasures tucked away in the Secret Drawer of my antique chest?  Every time I command the drawer to open, I’m greeted with delight and surprise and remembrance. Today my father spoke to me from beyond the grave. The chest is closer to its...

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