It was about this time, ten years ago today, that I held your hand.  That rough calloused hand that could never be still enough to heal.  Yo...

The realization hit me this morning that today is the twelfth anniversary of Mom's passing.   I've written about her before, here.  ...

Have had some scary time lately with Tammy , my miniature dachshund.  Two weeks ago she hurt her back around her hind quarters area.  I took...

For some time I was posting new pics of my miniature dachshund Tammy every Tuesday.  It's been a fair bit since I've done that.  Bu...

 Dad used to tell me that he didn't want to study our family tree too much.  "There's going to be someone there who wore a rope...

You couldn't resist, could you?  You were duly warned.  You were told that there was nothing that I could do.  And yet some of you coul...

This is my cousin, Rachael : No, guys: you may not ask me for her phone number.

This past day was a bittersweet one. My sister and Dad's sister and her husband and I set to work on cleaning out the basement of my p...

I needed this trip, severely.  Looking in the mirror this morning, I barely recognize the guy who set off eleven days ago on what became ove...

Here I am, the day after Christmas 2014.  And I'm only writing this because a lot of people were praying for me yesterday, that I might ...

Yesterday was supposed to have be one of the saddest days of my entire life. Yet here I am after Dad's funeral and I cannot help but ...

The thought this morning was that I would post Dad's obituary on my blog after it had been published on the Wilkerson Funeral Home web...

It has been an unconscionably long time since my blog has seen a photo of either Lauryn or Rachael .  And some of you have been whining an...

So for the past several weeks your friend and humble blogger has been busy. How busy? I was at ActionFest in Asheville two weeks ago, and I...

Today was a milestone, of sorts, in my life. It was eleven weeks ago today that we had Mom's funeral. The grave marker was put in place...

So it's been a few months since my ravishingly beautiful cousin Lauryn got married. She had been The Knight Shift's official pin-up...

The array of flowers that were placed atop Mom's casket. The two pink ones are meant to represent her two children... The teddy bear th...

A representative sample of all the food that friends and family brought to our house last week following Mom's death. I swear, we had e...

Three days ago we laid Mom's body to rest. I keep saying "Mom's body" because that wasn't Mom at all, not really. Ev...

At 8:26 a.m. this morning, my mother, Ruby Roberts Knight, went Home. Thank you to everyone who has been keeping our family in thoughts and ...