Charly getting white hair, too – but still always at my side
Carl’s life is as blurry as this picturewith loss of hearing, vision –
but his smell for treats as healthy asever
loyal old man Spike at his guard post: no retreat, no surrender
photo by mother Caroline
our granddaughters three year old Ella holds year old Molly
Okay, so I shamelessly stole the 2023 Oscar winner title for this little Monday morning personal multiverse that Pretty and I inhabit every day. Mea culpa. Enjoy – no goggles required.
Thankfully, all quiet on the Cardinal front today.
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.
How wonderful to see your family of beloved “littles.” They make my heart happy. Please let time slow down just a bit so you can savor every sweet moment.
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Sweet family!
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Thank you so very much, Cindy!!
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Thank you for putting them all together!
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I run a geratric animal halfway house – thank goodness for the toddlers!!
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A wonderful collection of photos of sweet and spicy beings!!!!
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Thanks so much, Luanne…the cats belonged to Carport Kitty so I can’t turn them away.
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How wonderful to see your family of beloved “littles.” They make my heart happy. Please let time slow down just a bit so you can savor every sweet moment.
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Charly reminds me so much of Poppy. Bittersweet but beautiful. Give them all loves from me, but sneak an extra measure to Charly.
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From the very moment we rescued Charly she has been our version of Poppy. They are like us – sisters from different mothers.
Bittersweet. 100%.
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If only, Ann. If I could put time in a bottle…
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Oh, we loved to see them all. The kiddos look so happy and so much alikešDouble Pawkisses for a Happy Week ahead to all of youš¾š½š
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Thanks so much, Granny! And back at you and yours!!
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