Can y’all believe it is November? I wonder if the young folks are having a problem with time flying. Maybe the earth is spinning faster. I don’t know. My head has been spinning a little lately. My granddaughter, Miranda, says “That is inner ear trouble, grandmother.”
We woke up Monday morning to the light sound of rain outside — something we have been praying for and needed.
Congratulations to Laura Holliday Moorman of Cleveland, who received “Teacher of the Year” award at Bell Academy. Laura is the favorite sister of my grandson, by marriage, Brad Holliday.
Chase and Lorraine Newman are so proud to welcome Luke Henry Newman to their family. Born Oct. 25 at 12:07 p.m., he weighed 7 pounds, 9.2 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Faye Hartley said they had a blast for Fall Fest at GranCare If you walked in and saw a big queen with a little head, all dressed in pink with a gold ruffle around the waist, that was Faye.
Jason and Kimberly Beavers put in new flooring in the kitchen and back hallway for Deborah and Tommy McCool. Those two are the jacks-of-all-trade and help out a lot of people in anyway they can. Special couple!
Deborah McCool said her dad, Ray Bell, is doing well. His hip is healing good. He goes to Dr. Weldon Tuesday and Wednesday, then to Dr. Guerrero to start back on his cancer treatment. Ray had been staying with his daughter, Deborah, but like most of us old folks, he wanted to go to his house. So, Deborah and Tommy have been staying with him and taking care of him. She’s working part time and his granddaughter, Kimberly, is with him when she works. Just taking it one day at a time and praying for the best.
Braxden Dukes celebrated his 11th birthday this past weekend at Incredible Pizza in Memphis. Those in attendance were his siblings Audree and Connor Dukes, Bradley Holliday, and John Luke and Logan Rose. Braxden even got to spin the prize wheel because it was his birthday! Bradley said they had such a good time, he wants his party there in December!
Martha Box says Jesus sees her through every day and asked, “What could we do without our Lord?”
Martha had a sweet visit from granddaughter Lilly Whitaker of Water Valley and Lilly’s friendboy and granddaughter Addie Sunday afternoon. Daughter Ginger, Phil and Josh Harrison came by bringing spaghetti and sweet potato pie. Martha said it was so good.
Her other daughter, Candy, had a birthday Sunday, so on Saturday Martha went over with a cake and sang “Happy Birthday” to her. Said she was going to let her rest Sunday.
James Lee Sturdivant had a fun day at Tupelo Buffalo Park and pumpkin patch Sunday.
Haven Rose Dukes went with Anna and Joanna Pullen to Logan Brown’s birthday party in Coffeeville. When the party ended, they loaded up and went to the campground in Grenada for Halloween. Haven Rose didn’t go, because she didn’t like being scared when they started getting dressed. She wanted her daddy, so Anna brought her back home to Waylon and Holly.
Hollis Bloodworth of Cascilla is asking for our prayers. Hollis was the owner of the store at the Rosebloom Crossing, I always called it. A good and fair man who always treated everyone with respect.
Daisy Walton Burlison is at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota this week for tests. Her surgery was successful and they removed 95% of the blood clots from her lungs. Daisy will be back in Mississippi, hopefully, by the end of the week or sooner. She is so proud of her new great-grandson, Charles Rufus Moyers, and can’t wait to spoil him.
Our special visitors Sunday were Waylon, Holly and our little Haven Rose Dukes and Donna Garripoli. Earlier this week, Donna and our granddaughter, Miranda Procella, came and did a little cleaning. She cleaned out my old refrigerator and put the good stuff in our side-by-side that Donna gave us. We are really enjoying the “new to us” one.
Belated happy birthday to Dean Herron on the 28th and to Mary Katherine Smith on the 30th. Starting out our November birthdays are Kristen Sturdivant Town-send on the 1st, Virginia Beavers and Dale Arnold on the 2nd, Trinity Hardin the 3rd, Emily Little the 4th, Margie Crawford the 5th, and Gary Chambers the 7th. I pray you all have a great day of celebrating!
Recipe for the week: Quick Dinner Rolls
2 cups flour
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
Preheat the oven to 350° F (175° C) and grease a muffin pan.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, milk and mayonnaise. Spoon into the muffin cups.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until nicely puffed and browned. Makes about 12.
Thought for the day: Sometimes, when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.
