By Robin Wolaver
Real live baby talk from a real live baby can be addictive. Although my six children have outgrown the age, I have fifteen years of pre-school prattle on tape in my head. When I get out of bed in the morning I stretch and say to myself, “This is your yuh-tee day.” As [...]
Writings
October 17, 2007
Baby Talk
October 17, 2007
Eating Biscuits
The Proper Procedures
Daddy always said, “The worst biscuit I ever ate was purty good.” He could say such a thing from the security of Mama’s kitchen.
Mama’s biscuits were made from supple, moist, buttermilk dough, patted out by hand on a generously floured counter and cut perfectly round. (I was once sternly scolded for overlapping [...]
October 17, 2007
I Love You, Lord
We must arrive at church early if we intend to sit together. The eight of us take up an entire pew. I look down the row, taking in the worshipful expressions on the faces of my six children. Some have their hands lifted in praise; others have their eyes closed to shut out the world. [...]
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