Happy anniversary to the best grandparents a girl could ask for. Thank you for showing us all what a marriage should look like. You’ve been such great examples, I only hope that I can be the same for my future grandchildren. Love, Your Oldest Granddaughter — Lizzybeth (there’s a lot of us, so YES, I [...]

“It’s Nannie,” my mom’s voice cracked and drifted over the phone. She didn’t have to say anymore. I knew what it was about. A few years before, when I was a junior in high school, Nannie was placed in a nursing home while she continued to battle dementia. By that point our family had been [...]

“You have a beautiful smile,” he said. And then he asked if I’d like to go see The Notebook with him at the Union on campus. “Sure,” I responded, trying not to giggle uncontrollably because it was THE NOTEBOOK and he was a BOY who was ASKING me to see it with HIM. Ahem. And [...]

When I was a little girl I spent a lot of time next door at my great-grandparents’ house. I was the oldest great-grandchild and living next door gave me a lot of access to Nannie (and Pappy while he was living). I got away with a lot over there when I was by myself. Nannie [...]

My grandparents have had this hippo sculpture thing for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was itty bitty, I’ve referred to it as “Roadkill”. There’s no way I came up with that on my own. Who taught me that? Papa Wheelie? Probably. So many of the things my mom hated to hear [...]