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Grits and Gravy

March 31, 2010 in /by

I was in seventh grade when I realized why the Yankees invaded the South. Folks might say that it was to keep the Union together but the real reason behind it was they didn’t have grits and gravy and we did.

What is honor?

March 10, 2010 in /by

How does one acquire it? Is honor a cloak that you can put on and take off at will? I would say that honor is something that you build in your character over time beginning in childhood, much like putting on layers of clothes in the winter to stay warm. As the layers build upon […]

Climbing the ladder of success – The Watkins Family

February 17, 2010 in /by

Like the finely cut pattern of a patchwork quilt created with the love passed from generation to generation through the mountains of Northeast Georgia, the music of the Watkins Family is a culmination of many threads sown together note by note, song by song, and scripture by scripture, shared from mother to daughter and father […]

Ups and Downs of Dating

February 10, 2010 in /by

Can you remember your first love? How your heart raced? How excited you were to see the other person? I remember mine like it was yesterday. I fell off the monkey bars, which were actually the steel handrails that went along the steps outside the school. She came over and helped me up. After I […]