Momma is a danged good housekeeper. Everything in that room; clothes, tablecloth, bed linen, is spotless. Even the lamp has been polished.

... if your parents let a stranger photograph you when your hair is still rolled in rags! Why not wait until your curls are set free?

Joanna Gaines would be pleased.

When as a child I produced a petulant pout, my parents and sister would sing-song: "We're going to town on Jenny's lip ..."

I've got a ton of family in that area and that gentleman would fit right in. If I didn't know better, I might believe you if you said he was my great grandpa.

then a double homicide might be imminent.

"I said I wasn't gonna smile, and I meant it!"