Saying Goodbye

The plan was to run a few errands before heading to the hospital but that all changed when my mom got the phone call. “Wait, what? Slow down. Everything ok? Ok we are on our way.”  As she hung up the phone, I had a flashback to dream from the night before. There she was, walking toward…

Sea of Diamonds

The year was 1986, I was five years old.  My family took the long 13 hour journey from Haughton, La to Sweetwater Lake in Ninevah, IN where my grandparents had a house.  This house is etched into my brain as one of my favorite childhood memories, great memories that I will never forget.  The very modest…