A Family of Neices

      After a recent conversation with a young man concerning having children in the home, it dawned on me why Aunt Doris, Aunt Annie, Aunt Sis, Aunt Dolores, and Aunt Adriane treasured the company of the McKay Street Kernen girls. They had no daughters of their own,...

Aunt Delores

     She was not our Aunt but we called her that because in the South some people become Family Members when they are drawn into the circle that is often shared and never neglected. Aunt Delores was one of those persons we grew to love in early childhood.      In...

Aunt Annie and Uncle Clarence

     I was named after my mother’s Aunt Annie. I never knew where my Geraldine name came from and was always called “Gerry Ann” by older relatives when I was little.      In the third grade when I decided to be “grown-up” and call myself “Geraldine” at school, instead...

Uncle Frank and Aunt Adrienne

     On Tuesday mornings, Aunt Adrienne and Uncle Frank made their way from their home on a hill area out Highway 42, down to the little red brick cottage on Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky where oil painting classes were held across the street from The...

Uncle Jake Dillman

     I do not recall what costume my beautiful Aunt Doris wore to the Halloween Party on her date with my Uncle-to-be, but I will never forget meeting him for the first time and how he looked for the occasion.      I went to the front door of the  McKay Street home to...