Sunday, December 13th, 2015

The Skunk Hollow Girls have been together since before they were born!  We are all 9 of us cousins, plus our ‘adopted’ cousin – still related but a distant bloodline.

We make it a point to get together for outings and parties and trips and fun several times a year.  Sometimes it’s outside in someone’s back yard, with a blazing fire and s’mores and mountain pies.  Sometimes it’s at the Dillweed Bed and Breakfast, or Linn Run, or just on one of our back decks.

The Christmas event is one of my favorite!  We all bring a favorite snack, catch up on our families, share neighborhood news (this involves several communities!), and solve each others’ and the world’s problems.  When we think we can’t eat another bite, we order Jioio’s Pizza and start all over!

It is typical for me to write a short essay on either Christmas or fun activities from our past.  Long past?  No, OUR past!  Sometimes very long ago and sometimes just a few years ago.  That essay jumpstarts a barrage of memories and we are all talking at once!

I’m very blessed to have these ladies in my life, as we share family and friendship and faith, a strong faith – every last one of us.  They enrich my life and hold me up and set me straight if I seem to be headed down the wrong path.  I wish each of these special ‘girls’ a wonderful holiday season, and a path of peace, love, and joy.  Until the NEXT time, girls!

Back row:  Me (Marge), Beth, Colleen, Susan, Kathy, Gwen 

Front row:  Holly, Karen, Connie, Gail