by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 14, 2022 | Prayer
Originally written on August 14,2017 “There is peace and stillness as I arise this morning in the little 1/2 acre that is our sanctuary. I pray God’s peace for all the people and in all the places where God is known and welcomed…..and that those...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2022 | memories, pets
A memory from August, 6, 2021, the first anniversary of Bill’s death; This was our little Daisy beagle. She was adopted by our daughter’s family in 2014 and was about 3 years old, having been rescued in Mississippi by a beagle rescue organization. They...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 3, 2022 | Childhood excitement, childhood memories
It’s a southern thing….. I remember my Dad and uncles shooting fireworks with all the kids on the front lawn at my Granny’s house, out away from the house near the road. It was exhilarating, terrifying, and the epitome of risk-taking for a bunch of little grandkids...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | family, pets
June 9, 2016: pet memories I wrote earlier today about our kitty, Patti, who died. She’d come to us from WMBB. I just remembered that her friend, our little male- Squeaker, also came from WMBB! He was a stowaway under the raised floor of the control room. One...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | memories, time
I grew up in a home in which an antique family mantel clock chimed the quarter hours and counted each hour for us day and night. My Daddy was the one who kept it wound each week. It was a steady and comforting sound for me growing up. Bill bought me a Westminster...