BOOGIE BOARDING MAMA
posted about 1 year ago, updated 4 minutes later | 7 comments
BOOGIE BOARDING MAMA
By Vicki Ellis Griffis
THE CELESTE TRIBUNE
One thing I have learned during our travels is my body is not as young as it used to be. That was the trouble with going to visit thirty-somethings. They know no fear and have ...
By Vicki Ellis Griffis
THE CELESTE TRIBUNE
One thing I have learned during our travels is my body is not as young as it used to be. That was the trouble with going to visit thirty-somethings. They know no fear and have ...
The Texas Two Trip
posted about 1 year ago | 9 comments
“The Texas Two” Trip
By Samuel T. Griffis
The Celeste Tribune
It is the weekend, one last chance to go to the ocean before we leave my son Jeff’s place in California to go to Washington. I can’t wait to get to the beach. I have found I love bo...
By Samuel T. Griffis
The Celeste Tribune
It is the weekend, one last chance to go to the ocean before we leave my son Jeff’s place in California to go to Washington. I can’t wait to get to the beach. I have found I love bo...
We're Tripping - Love is Blind
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
“How did I ever pull this off?” I thought as we sailed out of town for a 6000-mile road trip dream of mine. I couldn’t believe Sammy had consented to go and no matter ‘why’ he did, I was going to get out of town as fast as I could before he change...
I'm Tripping
posted about 1 year ago | 5 comments
My husband's article in THE CELESTE TRIBUNE:
I’m Tripping
As I am writing this article, I am sitting in a motel room right outside St. Paul, Minnesota. What, you may ask, is a guy who doesn’t want to ever be so far from home that he can’t be ba...
I’m Tripping
As I am writing this article, I am sitting in a motel room right outside St. Paul, Minnesota. What, you may ask, is a guy who doesn’t want to ever be so far from home that he can’t be ba...
NO MORE "KIDDING"
posted about 1 year ago | 5 comments
Sitting on the front porch every morning waiting on the kids to get out of the car and run to give me a hug was something I grew to expect and love. Every morning the same routine, Katelyn ran over and gave me a squeeze, Austin patted me on the ba...
SHE IS THERE! Tribute to Aunt Wanda
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
There are so many faces to my Aunt Wanda that I could be here all day.
As I looked around my house this week, I found there was more of Aunt Wanda there than I realized. You see, I had always taken it for granted that I would be getting more and...
As I looked around my house this week, I found there was more of Aunt Wanda there than I realized. You see, I had always taken it for granted that I would be getting more and...
Friday Night Lights
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
Ma Katie 08 01 2008
As we wheel Ma Katie out the door of the Manor on this beautiful Friday night to sit out on the veranda, she looks around like she has never seen this place before. Under the light of the setting sun, I sigh with relief becau...
As we wheel Ma Katie out the door of the Manor on this beautiful Friday night to sit out on the veranda, she looks around like she has never seen this place before. Under the light of the setting sun, I sigh with relief becau...
Thinking Outside the Box
posted about 1 year ago, updated 3 minutes later | 0 comments
I watch the grandkids play and visions of yesterday keep flashing across my mind. I feel such a generational gap at times. Today is one of those days. Austin is engrossed in a video game which involves playing a guitar and knocking out scores of c...
It’s About Time
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
By Sammy Griffis
Celeste Tribune
“If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do, is to save every day, till
eternity passes away, just to spend them with you.” These are words to the Jim Croce song, Time In A Bottle. Have...
Celeste Tribune
“If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do, is to save every day, till
eternity passes away, just to spend them with you.” These are words to the Jim Croce song, Time In A Bottle. Have...
Dementia in Real Time
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 23 hours later | 1 comment
RETURN TO SENDER, ADDRESS UNKNOWN
“I demand to see a lawyer,” I hear Ma Katie having a meltdown in the lobby as we walk in the front door of The Manor.
“Katie is upset with us because we won’t mail her letter and we have told her over and over ...
“I demand to see a lawyer,” I hear Ma Katie having a meltdown in the lobby as we walk in the front door of The Manor.
“Katie is upset with us because we won’t mail her letter and we have told her over and over ...
