Being Still

"Be still and know that I am God." ~ Psalm 46:10

This photograph of my daughter was taken several days ago while we were visiting a lake few miles from our home.  The peacefulness of this spot was a much needed detour from our stressful everyday lives.

The Butterfly

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hide Yo Crazy

Inspiration.  It's a beautiful thing.

While listening to Miranda Lambert's new song, "Mama's Broken Heart", a particular line "run and hide yo crazy" jumped out at me.  Inspiration struck.  What a perfect title for a blog post using one of my photographs to illustrate!

Well, I quickly realized that I couldn't pick just one photograph....or two or even three.  So I decided to give "Hide Yo Crazy" its very own Tab at the top of my blog.  A "teaser" photograph will have to do for this post.

The photograph above was taken in New Orleans (shocked, I'm sure) this past December.  My son and daughter and I met my sister in the Big Easy for a Christmas vacation.

Yeah, we all fit right in at the Krazy Korner.

Go ahead, click on the Tab "Hide Yo Crazy".  Enjoy and check back often as I'm sure more photographs will be forthcoming.

p.s.  Forgive me, sister   :-)

The Beginning of My Remembrance

 

He loved to talk about our family history.  The history of our small village and parish was also something he loved to talk about.  He committed to memory everything he knew.  And what a memory he had!  As a young girl, I loved listening to his stories.  I never thought to take notes.  I was, however, blessed to have a memory almost as good as his.  

Christmas on The Island

The excitement began when we received the Sears Christmas Book by mail in the late Summer.  We each took turns passing the catalog around and picking out all the toys we wanted.  Needless to say, after having been passed around by five kids, the Sears Christmas Book was worse for wear within a week or so.

The Texas Connection

Alfonso Parcutt Steele standing to the right of the flag

Alfonso Parcutt Steele was born on April 9, 1817 in Hardin County, Kentucky to the marriage of Stephen Parcutt Steele and Suzannah McCarty.  He joined Captain Ephraim M. Daggett's company of volunteers in Louisiana and traveled with the company to Texas to aid in the Texas Revolution.

Alfonso later joined a company of men who were serving under Captain Joseph L. Bennett, and this company later joined General Sam Houston's army.  He served in the Battle of San Jacinto as a private in Captain James Gillespie's company of Sidney Sherman's regiment.  Severely wounded in the early stages of the battle, he continued to fight until the end.  During much of the battle, Alfonso's gray horse was ridden by General Sam Houston until the animal was shot beneath him. 

The Memory Jar

A few years back I decided to make a Memory Jar for Mama's Christmas present.  My original idea was to fill the jar with my memories of her.  I decided to reach out to my sister and brothers to ask if they would like to contribute their memories to the jar.

We ended up with over 200 memories; mostly of our childhood.  All written on strips of card stock paper.  On Christmas Day, we sat around the table with her as she pulled out and read one memory after another; prompting additional memories we had forgotten.