My son, born 3/12/96, just celebrated his 20th birthday. (Hard to believe since I surely haven’t gotten 20 years older since he was born.) I’ve always said my boy is the sweetest one. My girls agree. Here are a few things he’s said over the years that illustrate the point. 2 Years: “It’s just pretend.” (He often wore this…
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Racism in the US: Getting Stopped by Cops
“So Nathaniel*, I’ve got a question for you.” “What’s that,” he said, adjusting his Jansport® backpack. Nathaniel, a first semester community college student, had a solid A in my class due to his impeccable study habits and his professional approach to college. That day, he looked no different than he had every other time I’d…
Burned Popcorn: An Odor Not So Pleasing
“This isn’t going to end up in your blog, is it Mrs. Lawrimore?” My daughter Trellace and her friend Kaitlin, having participated in the annual five-mile Crop Walk, returned to the church prior to the evening’s activities. Hungry and with time to, ya know, burn, they found a bag of microwave popcorn, set the timer…
Grandmama Mitchell Loves
Grandmama Mitchell did not play. She gave birth to eight children. Seven of them grew to be adults; she buried her oldest daughter when little Annie was just eight years old. A couple of decades after that funeral, her husband, my grandfather, died in an automobile accident that very literally shook their town. She sent…
The Exodus
Well I’ve come out of Egypt and am in Jericho now. It seems Egyptian computers don’t speak Aileen. I could not access my website the whole time I was there. Oh well, I’m in Jericho for a moment or so and thought I’d sent a quick update. We arrived in Cairo safe, sound and sleepy.…