My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon
Let me introduce you to my mom. This is GeeGee . We follow that long southern tradition of calling our grandmothers something odd. Her mother - my grandmother was called Other Mama. My mother acquired her grandma- handle because the first born grandchild could not say Grandma Ginny and she would call for GeeGee . Don't let the sweet smile fool you. No one in our family calls her by her given name which is Virginia. She is known on her side of the family as Aunt Tootsie (pronounced Ain't Toooot-say). GeeGee comes from a long line of crafty women - crafty in a nice way (most of them) Her mother was a florist, tatted (not inked for you youngin's) and crocheted, and off the subject could out fish any man. GeeGee's Aunt Annabelle was the first woman in Clearwater in the 1940's to have her paintings shown in a "real" gallery. Aunt Annabelle was a shell crafter as well. All my sisters either collect something, grow something, or mak...