OLD FRIENDS

Many years ago we took Grandma Bowling to Grassy Gap on Memorial Day to decorate the graves. Mallie Stidham and Florence Lewis were there also. They were all in their mid-80’s at that time.They started talking about their childhoods. And how that they had grown up together. They had gone to school , raised their families, and lost loved ones. I wished that I had a tape recorder. It was such a spontaneous thing.They talked about going to school and climbing trees and getting in trouble together.They talked about their courtships. (Grandpa always said that Grandma was the prettiest girl in the county. He may have been biased.) It was such a cool experience. I will never forget it.

SOUR GRAPES

This is for Glenna- Do you remember when Frank and Evelyn Smith came down from Michigan to visit with their two sons? We both had a crush on Stevie. He was older and very cute. He didn’t pay any attention to us. He was gaga over Shirley Gail. I guess that she flashed her dimples. We accused her of throwing herself at him (which she did not) and we were mad at her for a long while. By the way, I read your story about sharing the radio time with Shirley. You didn’t punch her in the stomach over Stevie did you? I think that we owe her a long over due apology. What do you say?