The picture tonight is my sister, Ruthie, and our cousin, Sadie. I look back at our time at the reunion and realize it was so very brief! We start gathering around 11, eat lunch and then leave around 2. It's such a short time to visit with so many people. My mother was the youngest of 5 children who lived. Her oldest sister had two daughters and Sadie was one of them. She and her sister, Bettye Jo, have the most beautiful southern accents, ever!
We have had clouds all day and a few little sprinkles, but not even a shower. The other side of town has had rain, so we just know we are blessed. Don was able to cut our grass today and all our neighbors got their yards done, too, so we are all in sync around here. Everything is so beautiful and green, too. It's usually all brown around here by this time of summer, so this is a treat. Our basement is still dry. Whew.
At 5 pm on Fridays our town always has a siren test. We didn't think to tell our new neighbor and preacher that. So, at 5:01 pm the doorbell rang and he was standing there asking, "Did I hear a siren?" Shame on us for not telling him about it, but we take it so for granted! His wife was in Dallas, shopping and he was home with all 3 kids. He said if it were just him, a tornado is as good a way as any to go to heaven, but since he had the kids he thought he probably ought to run to our basement. Bless his heart! We were sure glad to be able to laugh about it and we thank God there was no tornado! We also thank God for a wonderful family next door. (We've had several wonderful families next door; it's cool living next door to the parsonage.)
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