Old Memories on Newlin Avenue

Mary (Left) and Jeri

Mary, me and Jeri

I have been going through old boxes, both in the house and in the garage, and just cleaning house, so to speak. I'm trying to rid myself of all the unused junk in my life, including old irrelevant photos with people I don't know.

Things that once seemed important to me no longer have a a place with me. My first thought is to give my kids what they want from it and either toss or donate the rest. I need to get rid of the clutter. My mother would say that "the mind is like a cluttered closet, it needs to be cleaned every once in a while!" An uncluttered environment is the first step toward an uncluttered mind.  The Bible says it best in Ecclesiastes 3:6, "A time to keep and a time to cast away!"

Along the way I am finding and going through boxes of old photographs. I'll be posting some of them from time to time. Here are two photos from 1979, with my wife Jeri and her late sister Mary Smith. Her and her husband Danny were visiting and spent the night (or two) with us. This is when we lived on Newlin Avenue (one of three homes on Newlin).  Mary passed away in 2014. She is still missed.

Addendum: I found two more photos from this day. One with my brother-in-law Danny Smith and the other with my wife Jeri.