Twirlers to be in Parade

My daughter is in the Parade Corps of the Tennessee Twirlers, and I just learned that they’ll be in the parade for Old Timer’s Day.  In addition, we’ll have a booth while there so some of the twirlers can show their moves like the “one spin” “two spin” and others.  I wish they were old [...]

Oh, For Crap’s Sake

I just now saw this from the DNJ:
The 12-year-old girl police say was shot in the head by an 11-year-old boy remains in critical condition at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport continued a hearing for the boy, who is charged with aggravated assault, that was set for today to allow more time for review.The [...]

Random News at the End of the Day

Apologies to everyone who reads here regularly for not posting more often. This weekend will be no better because I’ll be gone for a few days. I’m hoping our contributing authors will jump in this weekend if anything is on their minds or in the news.
I heard today at our meeting that a murder trial [...]

Josh Osborne Law Signed by Governor

Josh Osborne lives in LaVergne with his Aunt Kim Tammy. Before that, he lived in Lebanon, spending most of his time chained to a bed, craving food and water.  When he was rescued, these neglectful parents were only sentenced to a few years in prison because there was no law on the books that made starvation and dehydration [...]

Floating Some Info Your Way

I just read in the Daily News Journal about how-to avoid getting sick from swimming.  I want to link to the story here because it isn’t something that you think a lot about, but getting sick from a swimming pool is not uncommon.
Several years ago my daughter was invited to a swim party with a [...]

Claire Needs Our Prayers

UPDATE: Claire went home yesterday after great improvement!
My daughter’s friend Claire is the 13-year old girl who fell off the hood of a car this weekend and suffered severe head trauma.  She is currently in stable condition at Vanderbilt after being airlifted from her home in Lake Forest Estates.
The kids were goofing around and doing things [...]

Have You Lost Your Pig?

I sort of live out in the country - what’s left of the country - in LaV.  The sweet gal two doors down called me tonight asking, “Do you know anyone in our neighborhood who owns pigs?”
Me, “Pigs?”
Her, “There are two pigs in my backyard.”
Me, “Hahahaha!  Pigs!  In your yard?”
Her, “They’re mostly black.  I’m afraid if they get [...]

Update on View’s Grandfather

UPDATE:  Grandpa has been found!
Several days ago, my friend “View from the Lake” posted that her grandfather, Ervin Tucker, was missing.  He lives in St. Louis, Missouri and has been a victim of elderly abuse for some time.  There has been some progress and things are looking more hopeful. 
Not only did I want to reemphasize that [...]

We Build People: YMCA

At our office meeting this week, we had visitors from the Smyrna North Rutherford YMCA.  Right now there are 11,000 members and at least 31% of these receive some form of financial assistance.  Membership rates are on a sliding scale based on income.
Here are some upcoming programs that your family might be interested in:

Healthy Kids [...]

Cat Found

Some things are just too good to not share.
H/T Newscoma.