November 29, 2010

  • Some thoughts and more history...

    Pa's best friend (Kenneth Hubbard) has been sick off and on for a while. I took him often to visit, and they always had a grand time. It was fun just listening to them banter back and forth. Lots of wisdom, memories, laughs, etc...it was priceless. The last visit was in the hospital. When we came in the room, he just lit up, like always. He said something that stuck in my mind, and I asked Pa about it as we were leaving that day. He said, "I hate for this to happen at the holidays. I just hate it for the kids." I asked Pa what that was all about, and Pa thought that he was just confused as to the time of year. It stuck with me because (even though he was getting better and expected to go home the next day) I felt that he knew he was going to pass away close to a holiday. Some people just know. Sadly, he did pass away the day before Thanksgiving. The service was scheduled over the weekend. I couldn't take Pa because I was having the other side of the family here for the Thanksgiving dinner. Thank the Lord for the sweet neighbor lady who took him for me. They left early and took a little more history tour. She was gracious enough to also take pics to share with me. Enjoy!

    This is called the Browntown Schoolhouse. It's a miracle that any of these buildings are standing!

    This is the house where Pa and Granny (whom he was married to for 52 years) first lived when they were first married. It was built in the early 30's by his Dad.

    Here's a view of the back side.

    The neat story behind this: Pa and Granny moved in here with Pa's family. Pa's Dad had built another house up the hollow from this one on Calf Creek, so about a week later, that's where the rest of the family moved to after Pa and Granny moved into this one. About 2 years after they were married, Pa and Granny got a little place closer to Bear Creek, and the rest of the family ended up moving back into this house.

    I guess there really is just no place like home.

     

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