I can honestly say that Lorene was a fantastic mother-in-law.  She was always there for me when I needed advice on a number of things to include Zach being sick or Steve-being-Steve.  She never once offered advice without first being asked and was never insulted if I decided to not

In early February 1980, word was that our sister Marie’s health was deteriorating quickly. A decision was made to take a trip to see her. Lorene came up from Covington, LA to join us. As Ward, Peggy, Lorene and I left Haughton, LA snow was coming down and continued the

Many years ago, the Orley Atnip clan lived on a farm in Southeast Missouri (aka The Boothill) that we now affectionately call “The Johnson Grass Farm”. When we moved there as sharecroppers, the farm was overrun with Johnson Grass. Seems like my Dad thought his calling was for us kids

When I was growing up in Missouri, we lived in two different houses on Lover’s Lane.  Most of us remember the house closest to the Patton’s Store as the house where Robert died.  So the incident I’m about to relate had to have happened in the house closest to Marston. 

  Since I was just a young girl I admired and envied my older sister, Lorene.  No one can recall how it started but I was the only one to call her Toad.  She was everything I wanted to be.  She was so smart.  She could type faster than Grandma