One Independence Day on the farm when we were kids we scored an almost full case of Black Cat firecrackers. Now Black Cat was the leader in youth pyrotechnics at the time. We were envious of those kids who could afford quality firecrackers like Black Cat while we were relegated to lower rungs with our little cheapies. But my older cousin bought the case remnants, and we had to decide […]
After 25 years some memories fade. But some never do. Our wedding day, birth of our children, some vacations. But some memories thankfully acquire a haze to where details are sparse. That evening and the next afternoon of waiting for word from the ICU. Twenty-five years today. I had to make the hardest decision of my life. It was the second hardest thing I’ve ever done – to tell the […]
It is good for us to be here. Look around you. Look at friends and family. We are Karl’s church. This is how he worshipped. I asked some family members who were close to Karl to share some stories and memories, and they were so personal, that I felt unworthy of relating them. So, I hope at some point they share them themselves. But hearing these stories reinforced what I […]
It was 23 years ago today that I lost Cathy. We were one month shy of our 23rd Anniversary, so I’ve been longer without her than with her in my adult life. Each year I become more numb to that loss. It’s not that I’ve forgotten. It’s that I don’t know where we would be right now. We are where we are in life because of the decisions we’ve made. […]
I met my Amy Soileau Dupre Veillon a few months after my mother died. Father Joe Breaux introduced us in this very church. I did not know that in two years she would become my second mother – my mother-in-law. It’s a long story. She has a long story. She has many, many long stories: Amy stories, Momma stories, MawMaw, Granny and Great-Granny stories. We are all part of her […]