In Honor of Father’s Day, a few days late, this one is for two particularly important men in my life: Dad: You have always treated my CP as something that limits me in some ways, sure, but never as a reason for me not to dream as big as the sky. Blessed that you and
Category: Kirk
This is the blog post that I told you all I would write as soon as I talked to my chosen brother and journey partner. Obviously, I talked to him to get his input, and because he deserved to hear what I am about to tell you all before I told the world. I have
I am in awe every single day, now. When I think about who I was as a kid and a teenager, I cannot imagine that version of me ever fathoming what we would grow up to become and who we would grow up to become. She couldn’t even imagine in her wildest imagination anything past
I have been through more difficult stuff in my life, than most people know or ever will. Have I made mistakes? I am human, so yeah, but the difficult stuff I survived was not my fault. I beat myself up over stuff that was not my fault for a long time…years. I thought I disappointed
If you have been following this blog for a while you are aware that my paternal grandfather, who the world called Kirk, and my maternal grandmother, my granny, were two of the most important influences in my life. They still are. Both are my angels now, and I always want to make them proud of
Music is a very visceral experience for me. Before I became a fan of Zac Brown Band, I knew who they were. Being a lifelong Georgian, you cannot not know who Zac Brown Band are. I thought they were talented. I did not get the band until the first single off Jekyll and Hyde. Hearing
My grandaddy, who the world called, Kirk was quiet. He preferred watching and soaking it all in. Then he would say his piece. If you were smart when he talked: you listened. He never wasted words. He also was one of the most fun people I ever met. He and I were quite the dynamic
For Christmas when I was a little girl, the family went in together and bought Granny a big, comfortable, recliner. As the baby of her grandchildren, I was the only one who was tiny enough to fit in her fancy chair with her. I asked if I could sit with her. In case you all
Authors note thank you for your patience with me and the writing of this blog post. Since Thursday, life has been chaotic for my immediate family, and I. Everything is going to be fine. However, I needed to focus on family more than writing until today. Now onto the block post I had planned to
Kirk, my paternal grandfather, who I called granddaddy was a wealth of wisdom. He was a man of few words but when he did talk people listened to him me most of all. For those of you who don’t know, he had Parkinson’s disease the whole time I had the pleasure of knowing him on