Posts from June 2012

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MY NAME IS GWEN AND I AM A WEATHER WIMP

by Gwen Rollings

I will admit that I am a weather wimp. I am not alone in the Sunshine State. Civic events, businesses, even churches have been known to cancel or delay events if it rains too hard here in Florida. There are good reasons for this. For one thing, there are so many senior citizens living in Florida driving […]

FINISHING WELL

by Gwen Rollings

Grandma and her GREAT Grands The circle of life is truly amazing. About a year ago, my mother came from the mountains of North Carolina to visit all her Florida “bunch.” Looking at this picture we took during her visit, I realized how my mother’s life will go on for many more generations through her children, grandchildren, […]

A Few Good Memories

by Gwen Rollings

Forty-four years ago a group of guys in their early to mid twenties went to Marine Corps Basic School at Quantico, Virginia. Recently many of them returned to Quntico to renew old friendships, recall outlandish tales of their USMC experiences, and remember their classmates who did not return from a war so long ago and yet so clearly […]