Well That Was Fun
Last week Marshal's grandmother passed away. She suffered with Alzheimer's for years and had been asking to go home to The Lord for quiet some time. We all rejoice with her that she is finally there.
Marshal and I took the kids down to Helena for the weekend to be with his family and attend the services. I have heard many stories about Helena over the years, but have somehow managed to never make it down there myself, until now.
A couple of weeks ago we had an officer come talk to us about the different levels of alertness. To say I was on level orange (specific alert, something is not quiet right, something is wrong, I may have to shoot that person) during much of the visit is probably an understatement. There were even moments of level red ( fight tigger, if that person does _____ I will shoot them.) I am simply not use to people pulling out knifes in the parking lot of the funeral home. Or driving through to get a coke ( at the place labeled as the Best Coke in town ) and having a man walk out from behind the building with a gun in plain sight. Or having a man walk down the middle of the street straight for your car with his arms out like he's going to shoot you.
Maybe you get use to that if you go there often enough. Like anywhere, there were parts of town that felt safer than others. I would have liked to have gotten some pictures, but didn't really want to draw any more attention to myself.
The funeral was very nice. Marshal's grandmother was from Germany. They had Silent Night in German played. It was very neat. It was nice to see family we haven't seen in years. We also had a nice homemade meal served by Judy's ( the daughter that lives there) church. I am so old fashion when it comes to that. I love love homemade meals and think it's a shame nobody really does that anymore.
After the funeral and meal, I talked Marshal into driving the kids and I to Memphis. We were a little over an hour away and I thought it would be fun to take the kids to see the highlights.
It was a really nice little afternoon trip; even if when driving through Tunica Marshal wouldn't let me stop at any of the 50 casinos along the road. I just knew I only needed ten minutes to win millions. Oh well who needs more money, right? Marshal and I did bless the kids by singing every single song we could think of that mentioned Memphis. They loved it! Ha!
We went to Graceland first.
It was closed for the day, but we had fun stopping for a few pictures anyway.
Next we went to Beale Street, the pyramid, The Peabody ( where we missed the ducks by minutes, sad face) and last but not least Rendezvous. I am not a huge BBQ fan, but you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at my plate.
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Marshal and I took the kids down to Helena for the weekend to be with his family and attend the services. I have heard many stories about Helena over the years, but have somehow managed to never make it down there myself, until now.
A couple of weeks ago we had an officer come talk to us about the different levels of alertness. To say I was on level orange (specific alert, something is not quiet right, something is wrong, I may have to shoot that person) during much of the visit is probably an understatement. There were even moments of level red ( fight tigger, if that person does _____ I will shoot them.) I am simply not use to people pulling out knifes in the parking lot of the funeral home. Or driving through to get a coke ( at the place labeled as the Best Coke in town ) and having a man walk out from behind the building with a gun in plain sight. Or having a man walk down the middle of the street straight for your car with his arms out like he's going to shoot you.
Maybe you get use to that if you go there often enough. Like anywhere, there were parts of town that felt safer than others. I would have liked to have gotten some pictures, but didn't really want to draw any more attention to myself.
The funeral was very nice. Marshal's grandmother was from Germany. They had Silent Night in German played. It was very neat. It was nice to see family we haven't seen in years. We also had a nice homemade meal served by Judy's ( the daughter that lives there) church. I am so old fashion when it comes to that. I love love homemade meals and think it's a shame nobody really does that anymore.
After the funeral and meal, I talked Marshal into driving the kids and I to Memphis. We were a little over an hour away and I thought it would be fun to take the kids to see the highlights.
It was a really nice little afternoon trip; even if when driving through Tunica Marshal wouldn't let me stop at any of the 50 casinos along the road. I just knew I only needed ten minutes to win millions. Oh well who needs more money, right? Marshal and I did bless the kids by singing every single song we could think of that mentioned Memphis. They loved it! Ha!
We went to Graceland first.
It was closed for the day, but we had fun stopping for a few pictures anyway.
Next we went to Beale Street, the pyramid, The Peabody ( where we missed the ducks by minutes, sad face) and last but not least Rendezvous. I am not a huge BBQ fan, but you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at my plate.
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