Front Porch Stories

A work related injury forced me into early retirement in 2015.  It has been really hard to adjust. First it ruined my health then ruined my finances.  The adjustment from 600.00 dollars a week to 600.00 per month stinks!  Because of the delay in the settlement from the company I worked for I also had to file bankruptcy.  Life has been hard.  When they did finally settle it was just barley enough to cover paying off my house and car. I was able to put in a central air unit. I live in a mobile home so an air unit is mandatory! My car still needs repairs but my son has given me a better vehicle. My son and his family have been life savers in all this mess. I live one mile from him so we can help each other a lot.  My lawn mower died and I gave it to a boy to do some work around the house.  As usually he did half the work, got the mower and I haven't seen him since.  My son's mower has to have new blades before we can use it. My grass almost looks like a hay field.  I have a ton of

It is amazing the little things that can trigger long forgotten memories.  I saw a post on Facebook that took me all the way  to high school.  I was one of the lucky ones to grow up with muscle cars when they were new.  When times were harder but easier.  There were no mass shootings at schools even though almost every car had a rifle or shotgun in it.   As a matter of fact on of the reasons I ran around with one of my friends was we both loved to hunt and we had the same caliber of rifle.  We even dated the same guy at the same time til we figured it out, then we made him take us out at the same time. I miss both of them! She moved back to Texas and he joined the Marines.  Her Dad is why I loved cars. He had a 55 Chevy that was awesome!  It had just the right sound and he could make it get rubber in all four gears! Several  years later my husband traded for a '69 Torino GT,  I fell in love!! She had a 429 Cobra Jet engine with a holley 650 dual line double pump carb and she woul

I grew up poor. The only time we got new clothes were at the beginning of the school year and for Easter.  We only got to wear the new dress on Easter then it had to be put up until after Decoration.  Decoration is when you go to the grave yard and put fresh /new flowers on the graves in memory  of those you loved. Back then it was like a family reunion as most of the family would be there doing the same thing.  We would sometimes go to an Aunts house afterward for late lunch.  I guess my point to this memory is that in today's world children don't appreciate the hard work and sacrifices that their parents make. They think they have to new clothes all the time and if they don't get the newest phone they throw fits or talk to their parents like they are awful people.  Maybe it's time for parents to take a step back and evaluate what is truly important.  I would rather live in a cheap house, drive a used car, and only have the necessities and have the luxury of being ab

Most of the people advocating for more gun control have absolutely no idea what laws are already on the books.  Most don't even have a clue that the AR in AR 15 does not stand for Assault Rifle.  They are being used as a tool to try to disarm the American population.  The only way we can prevent this is by staying informed on everything they are trying to pass in our cities, counties and states.  Ask yourself why are these shootings happening at schools and concerts? Because they are soft targets just like military bases and recruiting centers.   I don't care where a member of our military is they should be armed. Our schools need to enclose walkways and have one door going inside and all other doors should only open from the inside.  Clear or Kevlar backpacks should be the only backpacks that are allowed.  Students should be issued a vest at the beginning of school according to grade and that vest must be turned in at the end of school or if a student moves or is expelled th

A couple of months ago I posted a comment on Facebook and a man said I agree with you and I would like to talk to you. I thought it was harmless enough so I talked to him for a few days only to find out he was impersonating a soldier. I blocked him and was telling a friend of mine about it and she said it was common for people to do that. Then we got to joking around about dating sites. Keep in mind that I have been married three times once to a young man who was in the army and had just came home from Vietnam, had I know then what i know now that would have been the only time I got married. Then I married a very abusive man, after that divorce I stayed single until all my children were grown with families of their own.  Then I married a man who had served in Vietnam in the Marine Corps. We were married for several years but our priorities of life were just to different for things to work.  As I was once told I am stubborn, hard headed, opinionated and the list goes on to be married. 

Someone ask me how I would summarize my life, so here we go.  I was born the daughter of a sharecropper who barley could write his name, and a mamma who only had a third grade education.  I was truly blessed to have them as parents.  They worked really hard to provide for us and see that we all had an education.  Since I was the baby I was my daddy's little tom boy and my mamma was the most special woman in the world. I have been married and divorced three times.  We'll just call them irreconcilable differences.  My first husband and I had a son and my second husband and I have a daughter and a son.  I have a total of 9 grandchildren. I am very family oriented and spent most of my life as a  single mom.  Several years after the death of my dad, and my divorce from my second husband my Mom moved in with us. She lived with us and helped me raise my children. She was more than just my Mom she was my best friend. I was forced into an early retirement because of a fall that I t