Going Back

November has always been challenging for me in some ways and amazing in others .Josh was born Nov. 13th and my Dad passed away 54 years ago this month.One of my favorite people celebrated her 106 birthday so we took a trip back to our hometown-Rome ,Ga.We first ate pork chops ,rice and tomato gravy,and a pear with Helmans mayonnaise and cheese with my Mom.Next we saw Jimmy and took him 4 Kystall hamburgers and Mrs Hayes .We had our picture made with both of them-at 106 we may not get another chance.Then we went to Aunt Elaine and Uncle Jim's house 82&85.Of course Elaine was worried about her house being messy but we told we came to see you not your house. She gave me an old poem that Grandmother had written.She always gives me an old treasure from the past.I worry with all of our technology now that notes and pictures will be absolute in a few years.Our next stop was Joe and Loraine's  for supper-soup and turnip greens - doesn't, get much better than that.Our final stop was at Debbie Stuarts house.Our kids had grown up together and Larry had helped me run Pak-Rite . It is a rare thing to visit folks these days. We text and of course talk on our cell phones and of course there is Facebook . As a child we use to sit on the front the front porch and talk guess we are all too busy for that now.I use to know everyone on my street and now I barely know my next door neighbor .In1995 we moved from Rome and lost touch with our friends and family .Foster care and raising our kids kept us so busy.We will go back and visit but this day will be special for us.Sometimes you just need to hold onto to things one more time before they are gone for good.