by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 7, 2020 | Memories, Waiting
Last week I celebrated my 49 birthday. And since we celebrate birthdays at the END of the year, that means I am now entering my FIFTIETH year. Whoops. How did that happen?? While I don’t feel fifty, I can’t help but think about how each day of this coming...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 26, 2020 | Family, holidays, Memories
Oh for those Thanksgivings gone by! The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade would be on TV, mom would be filling the house with the aroma of butter, sage, and turkey. I’d be watching out the window counting down the minutes until the cousins came . . . The...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 26, 2020 | Family, Food, holidays, Memories
Seems like I just can’t keep track of time this year. The seasons, the holidays, the day of the week–it’s all a weird 2020-induced blur. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to think hard to remember what month it is! But I do know...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 17, 2020 | Family, Love, Memories
Yesterday was Dad’s 79th birthday. Of course it was also three and a half months since he died. Let’s just say I had lots of feelings but they all boiled down to this–I miss him. It’s been raining a lot in Western North Carolina. Dad liked the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 10, 2020 | Family, Memories
A big part of my brand is nostalgia. My stories often appeal to readers who are longing for or remembering the “good ole days.” Even when they weren’t always all that good! It comes from being weaned on Dad’s stories filled with nostalgia for...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 22, 2020 | Family, Love, Memories
Dad’s been gone for almost two months now. And I’m well into the year that will be marked by firsts. The first Father’s Day, the first birthday, the first Christmas, the first . . . well there will be all sorts of firsts without him. And apparently...