"Hard Times Come Again No More"

This is a picture that my sister took of her daughter, Katie Scot and cousin, C.J., playing together, hand in hand, at the property along the Chestatee in Lumpkin County. This picture was taken while most of the family was appreciating the beauty of the North Georgia mountains and the company we have created with our family and their progeny. Susan's girls are the sweetness in the iced tea which is our family. Both Katie Scot and Becca (even with her arm in a pink cast and blue sling) are the life of our little group and this picture is just a small representation of the life and love our extended family has when we are together. I am so glad that Susan found Kevin and that they could produce such a sweet little family. I am so proud to be their uncle and I am also proud to be her brother. I know if Dad's spirit was present with us, and it was, it is in no small part because of the wonderful family we gathered under the trees growing over the Chestatee, near Dahlonega.

Hard times will come. Hard times will pass from us. But family and friends allow us to bear the load as it falls on our shoulders.