I have a secret to tell you about the power of the vote,
but all you care about is pulling my hair. Oh, well. Maybe later.
Pretty and I were talking about our nine months old granddaughter Ella James yesterday afternoon not just because she was playing in her playpen on our screened porch but also because Pretty said she had been thinking we needed to start making videos of our time with Ella for later on when we might not be here to talk to her in person.
I said I agreed with her – that neither of us was getting any younger and what a great idea it was to make the videos. Actually, I said, I’d also been thinking about the same inspiration, but Pretty has always been the ideas part of our marriage so I happily gave her credit.
However, Pretty and I are much better at thinking about good plans than we are at plan execution so let’s not any of us hold our breaths for those videos.
But Pretty is fabulous with her digital phone camera and takes a ton of pictures like the one above she took yesterday afternoon. I loved the picture. Maybe one day Ella James will see this picture and try to remember what she loved about grabbing my glasses, throwing them on the floor, then pulling my hair. I’m fairly confident she won’t remember my lesson on the importance of voting.
Stay safe, stay sane and stay tuned.
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About Sheila Morris
Sheila Morris is a personal historian, essayist with humorist tendencies, lesbian activist, truth seeker and speaker in the tradition of other female Texas storytellers including her paternal grandmother.
In December, 2017, the University of South Carolina Press published her collection of first-person accounts of a few of the people primarily responsible for the development of LGBTQ organizations in South Carolina. Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home will resonate with everyone interested in LGBTQ history in the South during the tumultuous times from the AIDS pandemic to marriage equality.
She has published five nonfiction books including two memoirs, an essay compilation and two collections of her favorite blogs from I'll Call It Like I See It. Her first book, Deep in the Heart: A Memoir of Love and Longing received a Golden Crown Literary Society Award in 2008. Her writings have been included in various anthologies - most recently the 2017 Saints and Sinners Literary Magazine. Her latest book, Four Ticket Ride, was released in January, 2019.
She is a displaced Texan living in South Carolina with her wife Teresa Williams and their dogs Spike, Charly and Carl. She is also Naynay to her two granddaughters Ella and Molly James who light up her life for real. Born in rural Grimes County, Texas in 1946 her Texas roots still run wide and deep.
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Very cute photo! (And yes voting is important!)
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Thanks!!
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Everytime that angel pulls your hair, tell her she must vote. Who knows … It might become part of her early vocabulary!! 🤔🤣
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Yes, let’s hope so. Hm. Now how would she say “vote” – mote, mama and vote?
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You two look so cute together! Like you’re conspiring together against the grownups haha. Videos would be a fabulous idea! and the photos, yes yes yes. If it helps motivate, the video I have where my grandfather was interviewed by his kids is one of my favorite things. And I was lucky to have him for many years. These days we are “all” older when we have grandkids so it’s not the same. that is IF I get any grandkids :/.
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Yes, yes, yes – I know you will have grandkids, too!! I will make sure Pretty sees your comment about the video!! Thanks!!
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Keep the blog up and she’ll have plenty to learn!
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You know that’s the truth!
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