REMEMBERING WHERE WE BEGAN

WE THINK WE HAVE IT PRETTY HARD UNTIL WE LOOK BACK TO OUR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. THIS IS MY LITTLE BROTHER AND I AT ABOUT 2 AND 5 YEAR OLD. I REMEMBER THIS AS A GOOD TIME. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WAS TO MAKE MUD PIES IN THE WASH TUB IN OUR BACK YARD. AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS NOT A NICE GREEN GRASSY LAWN THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE TODAY BUT IT WAS OUR BACK YARD. THERE WAS LOTS OF LOVE OF FAMILY BACK THEN AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO ACTUALLY HAVE TOYS TO PLAY WITH. WE CREATED OUR PLAY THINGS WITH STICKS, MUD OR WHATEVER WAS AVAILABLE.



FAMILY WAS A BIG PART OF GROWING UP. WE ALWAYS HAD COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AROUND TO SHOW THEIR LOVE. FAMILYS TODAY DON'T SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER LIKE THEY DID WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. THERE IS A LOT OF BICKERING AMONGST FAMILIES. I MISS THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. THIS PICTURE IS OF ME AND MY COUSIN JIMMY AND JAMES. JIMMY AND I GREW UP VERY CLOSE. WE WERE THE SAME AGE. I USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO GOING ON OUR SUMMER VACATION TO VIST THEM IN WEST TENNESSEE. WE SPENT A WEEK THERE EVERY SUMMER PICKING BLACKBERRIES AND HAVING FAMILY TIME. .