"I Thought of You Today" For Mamaw

I thought of you today when I drove by your house that I drive by everyday on my way home. Everytime I pass by now I think of you sitting there on the front porch with papaw just watching the traffic going by. I remembered how happy it always made you when instead of driving on bye with a wave or a beep of my horn, I would stop and pull in the drive for a visit. What I would give to be able to pull in today just to say I love you.

I thought of you today when i washed my dishes after cooking supper. Honestly everytime I stick my hands in a sink full of dishes I think of you. I remember being only 6 or 7 and pulling a kitchen chair up to the sink so that I could stand beside you and rinse the soapy dishes you would hand to me. Afterwards you would tickle me until I would jump down and race out of the kitchen squealing with laughter.

I thought of you today when I pulled into my driveway. I remembered the last time you visited that you were able to get out of the car. It was a beautiful fall day last year and we sat in lawn chairs in my front yard along with papaw, mom, Robbie, & Joy. I wish I could remember what was so funny that day, but something you said to Joy got you both laughing so hard...it was a perfect day.

I thought of you today when I read something online that someone had written about the old Tombstone Junction western town. Its shut down now but it used to be just across the Mccreary County Line after you crossed the bridge at the Cumberland Falls. I remember you and papaw taking me there when I was a little girl and I remember stopping by a little roadside gift shop. Me and papaw went in while you stayed in the car & I got a little toy snake that wiggled when you moved it and when I got in the car I scared you half to death with that stupid snake. You were always so scared of snakes & I thought you would be mad forever, but you weren't.

I thought of you today when I was going thru some old pictures to scan and came across a picture of us in Michael's old apartment in Lexington. I used to love going on those little road trips with you and papaw to visit Michael. The trip always meant I got to swim in the pool at the apartment complex he lived in, & it also meant we would probably eat at that neat little restaraunt that was near a river or a lake that had awesome catfish; I don't have a clue where that was at but I loved it there. I'll have to ask papaw about that.

I think of you everytime I look at the sky. I think of you everytime I pray. I think of you every night before I go to sleep. I think of you every morning when I wake up. I think of you everyday of my life. I will never forget that you were my angel here on earth. I love you and I miss you always.


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A New Favorite...Eli The Good by Silas House..A Must Read

I was a Silas House fan before I read his latest book, Eli the Good, and to be perfectly honest I didn't have a clue what to expect of this book, I hadn't heard a lot about it and had not read any reviews on it, but the book just proves again to me why I am a fan. The book is wonderful.

Set during the summer of 1976 the book is told from the perspective of a 10 year old boy named Eli. Eli watches as his family goes through many changes during this time. The book explores his relationships with his father, his mother, his older sister, his best friend (who is by the way a girl), and his fathers sister, his Aunt Nell. Eli's father is a Vietnam War Veteran who still deals with the devastation of war every single day. Eli doesn't understand his father in the beginning and feels a great distance between them, but as the story unfolds Eli really "meets" his father for the first time during this summer.



Eli's Aunt Nell moves in with them for the summer and the tensions between her and her brother (Eli's father) are explored, you see Nell was an Anti War Protestor during the time that her brother was overseas fighting. Eli's father has never gotten over his hurt over this, he felt like his sister was protesting against him..in a way. This book has shown me both sides of this situation in a way I have never been able to look at before. Many of the Anti War Protestors that you hear about were those on the "extreme" side..those who spat at the veterans and called them "baby killers" when they returned home, these protestors have always been disgusting to me. However, with Nell you meet the other Anti War Protestor, the ones whose main protest against the war was the innocent American soldiers who were being led into the jungle to possibly never return. Nell says in the book that she protested "for him not against him".



All of Mr. Houses' books are amazing works of art to me, however, this one now has a special place in my heart. The emotions that this brought out in me were a little overwhelming & I'm not really sure why that is yet, but its definetely made me think about things differently. This book will pull you into a different time, a different era, & it forces you to look at things from a different perspective.

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As a woman I am acutely aware of how dangerous it can be to find yourself in an abusive relationship. Thankfully I have never been in an abusive relationship myself personally, however I have witnessed first hand the effects of living in an abusive relationship.

Please if you or someone you love has been affected by Domestic Violence show your support for victims by sharing your story & letting women all over the world know that there is a way out!

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Some facts about domestic violence
*On the average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends every day
*92% of women say that reducing domestic violence and sexual assault should be at the top of any formal efforts taken on behalf of women today.2
*1 out of 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.3
*1 in 5 female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. Abused girls are significantly more likely to get involved in other risky behaviors. They are 4 to 6 times more likely to get pregnant and 8 to 9 times more likely to have tried to commit suicide.

This Girls View

Well I have decided that this will be place that I offer a take on things from my perspective. I'm not really sure what this blog will turn into, but I am excited to get started. Hopefully I will gain some insight into myself by leaving my thoughts here. So as my first post I'll leave a pic of the view out my front door & we will begin here and see where this takes me...Have a good day.