My daughter-in-law had not met my whole family, so we wanted to take her to visit. We had a big family dinner on Sunday, and Anna visited with those family members who had not been able to attend the wedding.
We took the kids to my old home place, my high school, which is now closed, and to visit the grave sites of our family members who have passed on. We took the kids to visit the small town of Landrum to visit their antique shops, and took in the revitalized downtown area of Greenville, S.C. We shopped, ate and had a great time. On the last night before the kids left, we had a great meal with four of my high school friends and their families.
It was an opportunity for Anna to see her husband's maternal family roots and for me to revisit those roots. On many of our trips to South Carolina, I get caught up with visits to family and friends, and I don't think I really look at the place I was born and raised. On this visit, I really looked at the places I had been and the people I loved and love through fresh eyes.
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| My brother Andre and me |
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| The kids and my husband standing on what is left of my childhood home. |
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| Family dinner |
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| Out in the front of my old high school, which is now the city hall and police department in my hometown. |
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| Aaron and Anna with my niece Leslie. |
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| My brother and sister-in-law. |
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| My son and daughter-in-law with my high school buddies' children |
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| The smokestack in the mill in my hometown. This is all that is left of the place my grandfather worked for 50 years. |
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| The house where I went to kindergarten. |
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| In front of my old high school. My mother's class was the first in this building. She helped write our Alma Mater. |
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| I probably marched 1,000 miles on this field in my high school band. |
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| High school friends. |
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