My Addiction

I read a post today at A Glamorous Life about how her blog found her. It's a really good post. It made me think about my blog and how it started.

A spirited, funny, lady, Terri Jackson, took over the books for Cogbill Cemetery. She began to make frequent stops by the funeral home to ask questions and chat. Some history, I already knew Terri, I went to the same church that her family did, her daughter was in school with me, she was the Librian at the High School and I always thought that she was so quiet and reserved.

The more Terri stopped by, I learned that Terri was everything but quiet and reserved. She kept us laughing non-stop. She always had some little story for us, usually about Tara, Neall, Richard, or her shopping partners... Mrs. Bonady was usually with her and they were quite a pair... To be able to get to know those two in an adult friendship was absoluting amazing...quite different from the student/teacher realtionship.

Stunned is how I would describe the day that I found out that Terri had been to the doctor to see what might be causing her headaches and the confusion that she complained about. Her daughter Tara started a blog that kept everyone informed about what was happening to Terri. Her story is so moving. You can read about it on Tara's blog.

I thought at that moment, what a wonderful way to share with family and friends who are not so close by, the things happening in my life.

My first post, brilliantly titled, April 11, 2006 was just a general post, nothing spectacular....

To be followed by 232 posts about anything and everything. A little sprucing up here and here. Mary Margaret had her first date at the Wynne Homecoming Game. My grandmother and grandfather passed away, Ernestine Brawner and John Logan Clark. We met Kellie Pickler. We tried to have dinner in a different country this summer.

I've made a lot of new friends, Carissa and The Pioneer Woman and found some old friends, Jana and Joy, and a few friends have started their own blogs like Sandy and Dianne, who both qualify as friends and family. Thanks to everyone who reads my little blog that has become my addiction!