| GARRETT FAMILY REUNIONS |
| The laughter fades just like the old black and white photographs. And the loving grandparents and aunts and uncles who once embraced us and told us we'd grown a foot since last summer......they are no longer with us. But the memories! The happy chatter as the ladies laid the food out on the table and the men discussed how long it took to drive how many miles......and the young kids squealed and laughed and ran......and the teenagers talked of girlfriends and boyfriends and algebra tests and the stroll and rock-n'roll......and the old folks sat on the porch and talked and dreamed of times long past. And the food.....fried chicken and biscuits and butter beans from the garden and chocolate meringue pie and blackberry cobbler and homemade peach ice cream.....and Aunt Bessie's coconut cake! The memories! The memories, my sweet cousins, will always be ours. |
