April 26, 2018. Madison, Mississippi. Pam S.

Pan never expected to spend her retirement years in Mississippi. She and her husband Bill planned to live in Tucson in a retirement community where they already had friends and relatives. But their two children live here, so their plans changed. The more the grandchildren arrived, the more they decided to stay in the Jackson area. They have 11 grandchildren and they wish to watch them grow up before their eyes. I think they made a wise choice. Pam is the mother of Jim S. our good friend and Cheryl G. who are both married to Greaves family siblings. The cousins are double cousins which is fun. Now Pam and her husband are launching a new venture. Eleanor and Jim already live on the family land in Madison. Now Sebastian and Cheryl will move into the Greaves family farm house on the same property, so Pam and Bill have purchased a lot adjacent to the family land and will build a new home. They decided to be closer to the family to make life easier as they get older. So they are moving. Pam thought that they would never move from their present house, which they bought 20 years ago. But times change and they are embracing the move. Pam came to have coffee with me as part of my plan to not feel trapped. Our time together was delightful. I enjoyed her thoroughly. Ken and I have always invited them to all our events but with so many folks around, we never had a real conversation, until today. She was pleased to be invited and surprised too. Pam is in the process of writing a book about the parts of the Bible that helped her the most throughout her life. In other words, words of wisdom from the Bible to help along a successful life. Interesting topic. For me, my plan is reaping positive results. "Out of adversity comes strength". Some clever person coined the phrase and it is true. I enjoyed Pam's company today. So nice to have good friends.