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Cherished moments fill my head as I recall a sunset watched from those 13 steps. It was early spring, leaves were still not on the trees. I remember calling out to Matthew "Mat
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While I'm thinking about Easter. I want to tell you about our Easter bonnets. Easter Sunday, everyone decked out in their finest, ready for Church. Mama would send the trolls a
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Not one year passed that I can remember , with out Mama and Papa having a 4th of July bash. You see those 13 steps, that led to the castle, were the perfect place for viewing t
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June 1967, Matthew, Tuesday's child, came to the supper table with a big smile on his face. Ever notice how smiles are contagious. Well Papa sit back in his chair, looked strai
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Mama took care of the punishment in the house most of the time. Papa would be at work, and he let her know when Abby was little, that he didn't want to come home from work and
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Speaking of things hitting the fan, no Mama not the soap, I didn't say shit. Any way, fans, there are all kinds of fans. Fans to cool us on a hot summer day. Fans that cool the
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Every once in a while, when I was having my tea in the Black Forrest, Mama and Miss Johnny would join me. Miss Johnny was an older neighbor lady. She married Johnny when she wa
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As I glance at the stairs, memories of Christmas flash back. All 7 of us trying to make it down those stairs at the same time. Papa informed us that Santa didn't make it to thi
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At the end of that haunted hall, was Mama and Papa’s bedroom. To this day I can still see that four poster bed standing in that room when I close my eyes. The bed belonged to P
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Do you know how many dreams there are in a family of 7 kids. Papa always said “goals need to be set and dreams need to be met”. No one was ever pushed into doing anything. If w
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Looking back on mornings at the top of those 13 steps, makes me shake my head and wonder. 6 o'clock, alarm sounds, smell of coffee and bacon fill the air. I hea
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The dining room, in the house at the top of those 13 steps, had the only table that would seat all 9 of us. The kitchen table would only seat 8 and that was fine, because Mama
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I'm going to take you on a whirl wind tour of a few zoo memories. I told you about Shadow, our big sheep dog with a heart of gold, well now I will share one of his stories. Sha
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Mama, always the strength of the family. We all leaned on Mama, counted on Mama all the time. She, in our eyes, seemed to be indestructible. As I've said before, winters in the
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All this talk of death, brings me back to an unfinished story. Toni, Monday's child, was the daughter that all parents wanted. Winters are hard on the Wiggins family. As I just
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Grammy Wiggins, matriarch of the family, took ill one winter. She was in and out of the hospital so many times that year. We all took turns going to see her with Mama and Papa.
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If I live to be one hundred, I will never forget watching Mama coming down the side walk, both arms toting grocery sacks, her purse dangling from her arm. As she would turn and
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A knock at the door sends Marcus running, pushing the curtain aside, to see who it is. He hears Mama ask "who is it"? At the top of his lungs Marcus tells Mama "it's and old wo
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