Little Red Wagon

When I was growing up my parents always had some kind of sayings for different situations. When we would ask dad for advice ,the first thing he would say is  "lets pray about it" . I don't know how many times he would pray but never seemed to find the answer! Then another saying was "its your little red wagon and you have to pull it"....can you imagine why he would say that? Mother would always say.."everything has a  place and a place for everything." then we would know what we had taken needed to go back right where we got it from! I remember trying to teach my children that quote....don't now if it worked or not...
Life was pretty strict as I have spoken of before but it was good. We did not need clocks growing up, when it was 6 am , got up, dressed, breakfast at 7 and school at 8. Lunch at 12, dinner at 5:30 then bed at 8! An every circle cycle!!!! No dessert after dinner. You had your dessert at the table when dinner was gone. My mom made the best desserts, Cakes, pies, cookies. I think that is what ingrained in me the need for dessert when I had my family...Mrs Shirley was the same way, she could absolutely  make the best pecan pie... fresh coconut cake, Italian Cream Cake and fried apple pies!!! Vann watched her many times and later made them almost matching hers accurately. When he passed away the making of the fried pies  passed with him. I don't know how to make then like her or Vann. So that is one thing that is gone forever.  When we go to the Williams reunion and this is the first year that we missed, Elaine Rice who is 97 years old comes and brings those old fashion fried pies. But in the last 5 years or so, she had baked them telling us that she didn't fry much anymore. I don't believe that she came this year so I heard. She still lives by herself up in the country in Winston County, the home place of my honey, refuses to move in with her daughter, who told me  she has a place built just for her. I kind of know how Elaine feels. It isn't the same. Elaine still grows a small garden, had the most wonderful strawberries...I know as we visited her several times and we always got some strawberries. So honey started us a patch of strawberries. They did pretty good the first year and hope for more next year.
We also planted some green beans which had thousands of blooms and 4 green beans!!! I said 4! Found out many other s had the same problem, no bees to pollinate. Our tomatoes were very sparse, just a few and the birds got most of those!   Had a good bit of green peppers! Lots of sunflowers, and the wildflowers were ok. Bloomed for awhile and then died! Guess that is the way life is, bloom awhile, then die. Am planning to clean out wildflower garden and replanting. Already have my seeds.
Well I am still pulling my little red wagon....thanks grandpa for listening..love you J