Building Family Memories

A funny thing happened on the way back from my mailbox recently. Among the usual catalogs, ad fliers and self addressed label-stuffed envelopes, was one addressed to Aparna Roy, and yes, it bore my address.

I’ve never heard the name before and it doesn’t even slightly resemble my name. To add to the humor, it advertised things that most women don’t use, especially those of my age. If everyone receives as much unwanted junk mail as I do, I wonder why the post office is struggling so.

Recently, grandson Brian and his sons, Mikey and Payton spent part of a Saturday with me. Unable to play outside, the boys made a bowling alley of my living room. Fun to watch! They also brought a stack of photos of deer, black bears, wild hogs and wildcats. During lunch, my nephew Troy Bradley came by and we enjoyed the time reminiscing and catching up on recent events before they all left, leaving more precious memories.

Sunday afternoon was a very enjoyable time at the Lincoln Senior Center as a full house of friends and family met to help Ann Chambliss celebrate her 85th birthday. Ann is a friend to everyone, and it is no surprise that there was such a great turn-out. We wish her many more such happy times.

It isn’t summer baseball as we once knew it, but students have signed up for baseball to be played during the next few weeks, the season to end before school is out. Most games will be played after school sessions.

I might have shared the following before, but the memories are so real and heart-warming, I would love to see all youngsters experiencing the same.

“Back when,” in the good old days, during the first warm days of spring and into summer, baseball was a game of work-up in the back yards or even pastures — no rivalry, tension or win-orlose. To start the game, all spots were chosen or volun- teered. As a batter struck out or scored a run, the hind-catcher was next batter, pitcher took his place, first baseman went to pitcher’s mound, second baseman to first, and all around. By the time they were all ready for refreshments, everyone had a chance to play, maybe more than once and everyone was happy. Everybody won!

Have you noticed how the weather is taking the same path this winter it did during the drought two years ago? The clouds and precipitation go around, then swing south of us, though the kind they’re receiving this winter isn’t as welcome as the rains were before, south of us.

Endure the winds, March is almost here. March is Honor Society month, music in our schools, athletic training, youth art, caffeine awareness, frozen foods, peanut, expect success, listening awareness, ideas, craft and mirth month.

Some humor overheard on a plane:

The flight attendant asked a businessman what he would like to drink. He replied, “Coffee to go.” Then from a lady passenger, “I must have an aisle seat. I can’t sit by the window. I’ve just had my hair done.”

Happy birthday to Maxine King, Gavin Pitts, Glinda Tollett, Ella Mae Thurman, Allee Lipford, Jean Parker, Rick Taylor, Betty Pharr, Robert Curtsinger, Keith Lipford, Nicky Morris, Gary Cheatham, Jackson Fored, Lois Guess, Mack Miller, Lois Uselton, Brenna Hutchens, Addison Roy, Bud Cox, Jackson Gibson, Paul Moorman, Michael Snarr, Gary Carte, Shannon Yokum.

Happy anniversary to Jay and Sandy Norton, George and Lorene Schooler, their 60th on Feb. 27.

Happy years, all.