There stands a family graveyard at the foot of a hill in Canton KY. A town that once welcomed a President, that now doesn’t even have a Post Office nor a dot on new maps. The graveyard is that of the Curling’s. I remember going to that graveyard as a kid, and seeing all the gravestones of old lost relatives like the grandparents I never knew, and Aunts and Uncles that died before I was born. When I was a kid it was just going to see people I’d never met and just imagining who they were and what they were like.
When I was almost 9 in 1983, I remember seeing my Uncle Hubert go there (my Aunt Ruby’s husband). He died after a protracted battle with cancer. It was my first real witness of what went on to put you there.
The past few years of my life though people that I’ve cared the most about have gone there. There was Uncle Tom in 1994, and Aunt Mary Lou in 2005. This year cousin Steve joined them, and on Sunday afternoon Aunt Dorothy will go too, for she died today. She and Uncle Lonnie lived at the top of that hill when I was a child, and I remember going there and all the fun times I spent. The big breakfasts, the green beans and new potatoes, the dinners with Uncle Lonnie saucering his coffee to cool it down. Those days are all but memories now, but good ones. Aunt Dorothy was always special, and someone I cared about. I wish that I’d seen her more in the past few years, but as things go…you can’t go back. I’m glad that the memories that stand out are those of the times spent on that hill, watching Michigan win the NCAA title in basketball while I was on vacation there, romping in the grass, eating down home food, and thinking that it would never end.
With Aunt Dorothy’s passing it leaves only 3 (Aunt Ivy, Aunt Ruby, and my father) of 14 of my Grandparents children (my Dad being the youngest, and me being the youngest grandchild).
Rest in peace Aunt Dorothy for you were loved by many.
I found this video on The Five Brother’s Blog. Boy, did it ever bring back memories. I just LOVED this show when I was a kid, especially the gentlemen in the balcony at the end 
I’ve never been one to believe all this Global Warming/Ozone Destruction Crap, and it’s so refreshing to hear from these guys. Watch this YouTube Video from 20/20’s John Stossel’s “Give Me A Break”
I’ve been waiting 2 1/2 yrs to be able to say that, and the day has come
Woo Hoo…those early Primaries and Caucus’s will be here before we know it.
I’ve never voted for a Democrat in my life, but next Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 that’s exactly what I’m going to do. I’m voting for Steve Beshear for Governor of Kentucky, against my fellow Republican Ernie Fletcher. Fletcher has been a BIG disappointment in my book, and Kentucky Republicans need a massive wake up call. We had Democrats for years in the Governors Mansion, and we’ve made tremendous inroads in terms of National Congressional and Senatorial Leadership. We need to find a candidate who can lead this state, but first we need four years of a Beshear administration. I’m going to stand behind our new Governor and see what he can accomplish. I’ll be pulling for him all the way, but, we are Republicans in the state of KY need to find a person who people can depend on again. Not now though, it’s time for a change.
I have also included them on the far right side bar (smaller though). Click any one of them, and it’ll take you to Mormon.org.
“Truth Restored” commercial featuring Betty, a convert to the Church.
“Truth Restored” commercial featuring Don, a convert to the Church.