Four Dogs, Crab Legs, and a Car Fire…OH MY

It just wouldn't be me if something outrageous didn't happen on or around my birthday. As a kid, I would spend some birthdays sitting in the hospital waiting room when my Nannie was sick. Other times, I had parties that ended up making me question why I wanted to have parties, like the time I …

The Good Ol’ Days

When I was a little girl, I would sit around and listen to the old folks talk about the "good ol' days" and sit dreamily as I listened to how great it must have been. My grandmother and her two living sisters would talk about when they were little girls and for me to imagine …