Memories of yesterdays
Wishing I could go back
Laughter and chatter
Kids racing outside
Daddy’s snoring
Mommy’s gossip
My head laying peacefully
In Grandma’s lap
Belly full yet more dessert
Today I didn’t hear no
Oh what I wouldn’t give
To see Grandma sitting right there
In her comfy recliner
Daddy laying on the couch
Aunts doing dishes
A table full of food
Candles lit in the middle
All holding hands saying grace
Tears come to my eyes
As I go back in time
And remember those days
Of freedom and loving
Now many years later
I have my own children
Forming new memories
But I can’t help but to mingle
Intertwine the old with the new
A complete life of me and my family.
Written by,
Terry Shepherd
11.22.2013
Who I am 
It is easy at this time of year to go back in our minds to the reverie of holidays from our past. How very different it is now, isn’t it? I remain forever grateful to those times and traditions and the newer ones we are creating as the years go on.
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I find it very sad that people don’t put the word family as a priority. It isn’t right that family isn’t together at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Something always more important. Family is the glue. Without the glue, you have pieces of dried flakes, easy to crush, easy to see it disappear. I am very thankful for my memories and the era I grew up in
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This time of year is so hard on me…as it is, I’m sure, for anyone who has lost loved ones. Thank you for this. You brought back so many memories for me.
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the holidays are gruesome for my brother and me also. One to two out of three kids come. Makes a lonely day. Some years Al and I spend Christmas all alone and this is the absolute worst. When things change in our home I am out of here. Out of the snow. Hopefully down towards my daughter’s in KY or at least go for a few weeks in the winter. Memories are even harder because I remember them so well compared to now. Here is a hug for you my dear friend. I know how you feel
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Hugs back, sweetheart. If you get to Kentucky, you’ll be close to me 🙂
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I was thinking you lived in Tn, I would look u up!
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