by Shannon Anderson | Jul 25, 2016 | My View
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” –Gertrude Jekyll Summer in the Midwest is fleeting. Here it is, July...
by Shannon Anderson | Jul 18, 2016 | My View, Uncategorized
Our nest is empty. That reality seems so very final. I knew I would face this moment at some point, but it happened “slowly and then all at once,” as John Green says. After living with us for about a year after college, my youngest son has taken a job in...
by Shannon Anderson | Jul 12, 2016 | My View
When I was a little girl, I lived in a small town in Georgia. Everyone who lived there knew their neighbors. Not just the ones right next door, but up and down each street. It was a homey place to grow up in, a safe place where people looked out for one another and...
by Shannon Anderson | Jul 4, 2016 | My View
Over the last few days I’ve heard stories on the radio and on Facebook of people sharing their proud moments of being an American. Not a day goes by that I don’t experience more than one moment like that, but I wanted to share one moment worth remembering....