Sitting around the concrete slab of a bar at Hucapoos, over a year ago, my girlfriends and I were having an in depth discussion on life and what brings happiness to each of us. One friend said they had a relative that would always say “I’ll be happy when…fill in the blank” when I get […]
It was just after midnight and the train continued swaying on the rails as it pushed ahead northward through South Carolina then North Carolina. My head filled with thoughts coming from every direction. Bouncing from happy memories from less than twenty four hours ago when my just-turned-eighteen-years-old-daughter, Baylie, had invited me to dinner to the […]
If you like to have your days and nights planned out to the minute and “responsible grown up” priorities in order then Tybee might not be the place for you. My schedule consists of things that I have to do and then there are the things that I want to do. These are spontaneous last […]
Monday was a difficult day for us to all get through, but leaning into each other we found a way. Over five hundred people gathered on the shore of the Savannah River at the north end of Tybee to say our farewells and “see ya laters” to Sweet Susan. There was a slight cloud cover, […]
I try to only write about the things that are uplifting, encouraging and give hope. There are bad things that happen all around, but I choose to not dwell on them. I don’t fill my head and creative space with 24 hour news channels. I figure someone around me will fill me in with the […]
Giving up is not always a bad idea. You have to count the costs and decide if something is worth holding onto. Is it worth giving your life for? In reality that’s what you are doing. When you spend the minutes, hours and days of your life worrying and fretting over something, you will never […]