In Remembrance.....

In the past years weeds have threatened to takeover Granny's garden but the buttercups still thrive.


Hatcher getting Mama lovin'


After the service we honored Granny by visiting her family home place and picking flowers.


A couple of fat guys relaxing on Granny and Pa's porch.....

The Loveliest Lady, My Granny.....

The world lost a wonderful lady this morning. Sybil Mae Henry Holland was surely a blessed person. She was an extremely intelligent woman (top of her class), hard worker, fun, mother of four, and loving wife to the kindest,sweetest husband which only a remarkable person could attract. She planted the seeds of everything I love and cherish. Mother to my mother, instilling in her and then eventually in me the love of everything Southern....Every time that I make a quilt or cover up with one of the many made by her hand in my home I will be thinking of my Granny. Everyday that I pull a weed or plant flowers in a flowerbed, I will remember her. I will remember that the first flower arrangements that I made came from her gardens and graced her dinner table. Every time I set a table I will fondly look back on all the times I begged to set her table and use "the good silver" . Every time I touch the keys of a piano I will remember her playing my favorite hymns. Every time I wear a dress made by my mother (including my wedding dress) I will cherish the talent, the skill, and the love that my grandmother passed on to my mother, aunt, and cousins. She was truly a remarkable person and a huge influence on the person I am and the things that I love. She received a great gift early this morning, one that all of us can only hope for. She passed peacefully in her sleep in her own bed without illness or pain and joined a wonderful man in heaven, my Pa. I love you both and I thank you for your influence on my life.

Auntie Twins Come to Visit.....

Meme


& JJ

Aunties Come to Visit.....

I just want to take a moment to say that I love my friends. Though I had not seen them in over three months (since the birth of Hatcher), we had a wonderful day filled with Southern food and good conversation. I can always count on feeling completely comfortable and at ease with them because that is what true friendship really is. You don't have to spend everyday with them, or even talk to them on a regular basis to have a deep and caring relationship. Friendships should be effortless... it should be full of happiness, fun, love, ridiculously embarrassing conversations, laughter, understanding, forgiveness, openness, and deep caring of one another. I love these ladies and find them incredibly beautiful inside and out. They are each unique with great character, sense of self, and just plain fun. They inspire me to be a better person but give me the confidence and understanding needed to simply be who I am already.


Aunt Em with Hatcher and Miss Lilly


Lilly almost 3 and Hatcher 3 months.....I wonder how big Hatcher will be at 3

Granddaddy Cotton's Birthday.....

Recently in honor of Nana and Granddaddy's birthdays we got together and had lunch. We dug through some old photos, here are a few of James Cotton Hatcher's namesake. I expect to add more at a later date.





Granddaddy circa 1955 on The Ridge


Nana and Mom summer 1952


Hatcher has his Granddaddy Cot shoes on for the special occasion.


Thomas Henry


Nana has a great lap for naps!


Granddaddy and his boys.