Do You Remember?

Sitting on the porch swing, listening to the cicadas…

Lightning bugs in a jar…

The slamming of a wooden screen door…

Morning Dew on roses…

A rooster crowing somewhere…

The mournful call of the whipoorwill…

    The smell of fresh-mown grass…

    Gentle rain on a metal roof…

    Horned toads in the garden…

    The bubbling of a gentle brook on a hot summer day…

    Counter checks at the grocery store…

    A firm handshake…

Kind words to an angry listener…

Promises kept…

5¢ Coca Cola in a bottle…

Penny bubble gum…

Tennessee Ernie Ford…

Sunrise services on Easter morning…

    Grandma’s rocking chair…

    Grandpa’s fishing pole…

    Drive-in movies on Saturday night…

    The smell of coffee perking on a cold winter morning…

    Big chief tablet and the first day of school…

    The “always lost” skate key…

Learning to ride your first bike…

Sparklers on the 4th of July…

10¢ comic books…

Listening to the World Series at the coffee shop…

Winding country roads…

Crickets under a street light…

    The lonely sound of a far-away train whistle…

    Bronzed baby shoes…

    The worn, but cherished, familly Bible…

    Mama’s feedsack apron…

    Daddy’s denim overalls…

    Black and white photos in a shoebox…

Dresser scarfs and doilies…

Bonnets…

Postcards from far-away places…

The smell of cottonseed oil at the local gin…

Crisp, white sheets on a clothesline…

Canning jars, milk bottle and butter churns…