We called my dad’s mother Mama Sims. She was not just a grandmother, she was the grand matriarch of the family. Certain things about the house she called home are forever embedded in my mind– there are things about a house that little kids never forget. My ten first cousins and two siblings who share memories of Mama Sims’ house will certainly remember them all, but it’s time to share them with the world. Let’s take a tour of Mama Sims’ house through the eyes of me as a child. Continue reading MAMA SIMS’ HOUSE
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BIRTHDAYS AND BIG DAYS AT MAMA SIMS’ HOUSE
I always rolled my eyes when I heard my parents and grandparents talk about the “good ole days.” They talked fondly about having to use outhouses in the freezing cold, and walking three miles to school every morning. What’s up with that? It’s like the grass was always greener during the Great Depression. Whew! That was way before air conditioning. No, thank you. But now that I am a parent and grandparent, I find myself doing the same thing, especially when I get together with my siblings and cousins. How we idolize those magical days of our past! Maybe the reason the good ole days are so nostalgic to us is because we are only able to touch them again in our memories.
I say I miss those days, but when I think about it, they weren’t all so wonderful– at least not when I lived them the first time. Good ole days are always better re-lived that first lived. When nostalgia hits me, my mind especially takes me back to those birthdays and big days we spent at Mama Sims’ house. There were two birthdays that were more important to us than those belonging to Washington or Lincoln– Mama Sims’ birthday, and Little Grandmaw’s birthday.
