The story could begin in many places, but I’ll start with the night we met. She was on a date, but not with me. Instead, she was with my good friend Travis and there they sat, side-by-side in the backseat of my father’s brand new ‘57 Buick Roadmaster with me as chauffeur. My date, about … Continue reading The Day My Wife Didn’t Die by Henry Drake III
by Emily Carpenter and Katy Shelton Anne Frazer Drake 1940 - 2023 I’m Emily Carpenter, the third one. Thank you all for coming here today to celebrate our Mom. On behalf of my brothers Henry and Danner, and my sister Katy, I’m honored to share with you all a little bit about my mother from … Continue reading Our Mama
November has arrived in all its cool, colorful splendor and that means the holiday season is here. We have a short three weeks until Thanksgiving and only a few more than that until Christmas. For some of you, this gets your motor running, but for others, this creates all kinds of anxiety. For those of … Continue reading It’s Okay if You Burn the Rolls
The Easter season is quickly approaching, and with it will come bunnies, baskets, cloth-draped crosses, and an empty tomb. I’m excited about celebrating Easter in a new way this year, but we’ll get to that in a minute. Easter usually rolls around in April, and this year Easter falls on April 17. But why has … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Easter and Some Things You Might Not Know
This article appeared in Lake Magazine’s December 2020 issue. ——————————— Last year at this time, Lake Martin’s Katy Shelton called her childhood friend Anna Nash with a book idea for the two of them to write. “I was reading one of the parables in Luke’s Gospel, and I didn’t know what it meant. So I … Continue reading Christmas Matters, an article for Lake Magazine by Betsy Iler
Katy Shelton 