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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | service
I was reminded of something I hadn’t thought about in years…..when we lived in Montgomery, Bill’s Mother and Uncle lived with us. Uncle Harry was a WW II veteran who had served in North Africa. He was a bachelor and had a stroke when he was about 65,...
