Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Born again in Natchez

Ha, not really born again but I feel so much better now about my trip back to my childhood. I was so worried about going back to Natchez because my parents were dead and it was so hard to find my old friends. I felt like a chunk of my life was missing -- I have a great life overseas but always missed Natchez -- it's a magical place.

Well, I didn't have to worry a minute once I hit Natchez and visited my mother's best friend, Betty McGehee, then had lunch with Natchez people I had caught up with through Facebook. It was like I had known them all my life and had only been away for a short time. Then because of their kindness to me, it was as if I could lay down new tracks in my memory of Natchez -- the burned-out past of bad feelings when we had to move because my father got into arguments with other doctors and I had to leave my childhood behind vanished as I spent time with my new best friends.

More on this soon. The connection at the house I'm staying in is up and down so I haven't been able to log on to the Internet (torture for me).

Here we are at lunch:

5 comments:

brenda said...

Yes!!! Hurray for new memories to replace the old ones. Don't you look beautiful, honey chile!??

Can't wait to see you tomorrow. The Krystal up the street is frying an especially juicy batch of burgers just for you.

Anonymous said...

ENJOY YOURSELF, HAVE A GREAT TIME.

Elodious said...

I think you need to buy a retirement home here, Elizabeth. You CAN go home again. I did, and haven't regretted it for a moment.

Virginia said...

Yep, when I read the title in the feeds reader, I did suspect you did see the Light, but only for a moment! ;-)
Glad to read you're having a great time and getting some nice memories to bring with you.

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