Grandparents
After marrying and our children were added to our family, I always heard the saying, "Just wait until those grandchildren come". I thought people were nuts, because all I could think about was getting mine grown. Well, as always with old sayings, I found this saying to be true, but this post is not about my grandchildren although I believe I could write pages if I had the time. This time I would like to tell you about my grandmother. A woman that has lived long enough to see the 5th generation. Lillian, as her friends and family know her, is my ma maw. Being so young the first time I saw her, she was quite blurred. Later she would come into full focus. I wish I could write a novel about her, but sadly I don't know all I would like to know about her, but I will try to tell you what I do know. She was raised in the Mississippi delta. If you have never been there, it is quite the dreary place in the winter. The farm land stretches for miles and is almost void of trees except...