Meet My Lala

She was bought several years ago by our son Art. For some reason she never became a favorite of his, and so she has stayed in her box in the closet. She even made the move with us from Elba to Geneva, AL. But lately I thought about her, went and took her out of the box, and finally gave her a real name. Her name is Lala. I've named her after my mother, Eulala Williams, or Mama Lala to the grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and most recently to a great, great, grandchild. She's worn her name for nearly 99 years now, and somehow it just has to live on.

Lala needed some legs and she needed a pretty little outfit. With a trip to the local thrift store, I found the ideal dress for Lala. It was a 24-month size, and when Art made and shipped her legs to me, she was ready then for shoes. With a red dress, she needed red shoes to match. A trip to the nearest Walmart led me right to the little size 8 red cloth shoes that just fit Lala. I don't know what the people shopping in the shoe department must have thought when they saw me down on the floor with a pair of puppet legs trying to stuff the feet in different sizes of little red shoes. After getting the right fit, I went to find red ribbons needed to tie her pigtails tightly and then she would be ready to go.

Lala and I are going to start working together April 17, at the Geneva Women's center. Professional? No. Fun? Absolutely!!!! Watch out. We may come your way soon.

Before we had drinking straws

One of my most precious memories is going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bryant on Cool Springs Road near Opp, AL. We went basically every Sunday afternoon. I have so many good memories from that place.

Tonight I had a fresh little onion with my vegetable burger and soup for dinner. As I looked at the blade on the onion, the memory hit me. We used to cut those blades off and use them for drinking straws. That was long before we could even find drinking straws to purchase at Mr. Drayton Smith's store in new town in Elba, AL.

Ah, it was something to do. It doesn't take fancy stuff to entertain some children. You ought to try it sometime, just for the fun of it.