On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, Mom fulfilled the first item on her bucket list – parasailing at the beach. It started a few years ago when Mom was sitting on the balcony at the beach looking out at the ocean. She noticed some people parasailing and said “I want to do that again”. She and…

Sometimes a once-in-a lifetime event hits home. On Thursday September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene moved north from Florida and Georgia into the mountains of North Carolina. It seemed to sit over the region forever with some areas of the mountains receiving upwards of 30″ of rain and hurricane force winds. Creeks became rivers, rivers became…

Every Wednesday morning at 4:15 AM our alarms go off.  We usually hit the snooze once then struggle out of bed.  Fifteen minutes later, coffee in hand, we head out the door to the YMCA. We get checked in, grab a pickleball set and head to the courts to meet our Pickleball Peeps. What started…

Our Happy Place Where it all began….with a thought, with a dream. We loved our patio, enjoying quiet evenings after a long day, entertaining friends and family, but we knew and wished for something more….a screened-in-porch. For years we sat out there thinking and wondering if it would be possible to turn our patio into…

Better known as Pastor Rob to us and the other members and visitors at Triad Baptist Church. I have included some of my so called “Robisms” below. As COVID-19 was arriving into the United States, our political leaders decided it was best to shut down society as we had known it (including churches). Our church…

We went to Nashville in December of 2021 for our annual Christmas trip. Each year we try to go somewhere special that we haven’t been before or back to one of our old favorites. Nashville interested both of us since we are big fans of country music. It didn’t disappoint. We stayed downtown so we…