Travelling

I have spent the last 9 weeks travelling. I have listened and talked, met new friends and caught up with old ones. I let myself feel how much I love people who I hardly ever get to see. It was good and it hurt to say goodbye. I realised that my life is RICH with amazing people from all over the world. I am a blessed woman.

I have a vibrant heritage of Texan family. Two characters (colorful, loving and outrageously funny) stand out. My mother’s cousin Hortense (Tensie for short) is in her late 70s. Been a nurse, teacher, mom and who knows what else along the way. She currently is a Tornado watch advisor. She keeps the state informed when and where the twisters are sighted. She also heads up the Methodist Ladies Tuesday Social Club that meets every Thursday at Bob’s Gun Shop for target practice and coffee. According to Tense, “any given Sunday her whole pew of little old ladies is ‘packin’. Nobody messes with Texas!

My cousin Steve is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. Every Friday night his garage is the neighborhood barbecue, beer and pool hall. The decor is fabulous, including the checkerboard game in progress on the ceiling and the cowboy boot bottle cap catcher on the fridge. When I asked him something he said “I’ll have to check in my cap”. I didn’t understand till his wife Barbara pulled his caps out of the truck to show me his ‘filing’ system. He writes everything in his baseball cap, bits of wisdom, phone numbers, combinations of the new gate lock. You name it you can find it in the cap. I am including a photo just to prove it to you.

keepin it in the cap Texas filing system