I took Sullivan and Bridgette to Tennessee for Spring Break for a long overdue visit with my oldest sister. (You can see a picture of us on Instagram.) She will have major surgery on March 27, and I’m not too proud or shy to ask anyone reading this post to please say a prayer for […]
Oklahoma Story for Women’s History Month
In 1898, Bethel came into the world in Indian Territory. She was born in a covered wagon near what would become Sapulpa, Oklahoma. When she was about 16-years-old she gave birth to a baby boy. It was scandalous at the time, but this did not make her love him any less. When that boy was […]
My Father’s Shoeshine Kit
My father’s shoeshine kit hearkens back to Sunday mornings when I was a child. He sat on the edge of the bed, his stocky frame sinking the mattress to the floor, and propping one foot at a time on the cedar valet, he polished his shoes, back and forth and back and forth. Sometimes, if […]