Category Archives: Memoir

September 19-Somethin’ Challenge: Day 1

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Suzanne Gunter McClendon

Welcome to the first day of the September 19-Somethin’ Challenge!  For more information, including all of the questions for the month of September, please click here or here. This challenge is prompted by the song 19-Somethin’ by Mark Wills. You … Continue reading →

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The Hardest Good-byes

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Suzanne Gunter McClendon

What is the hardest good-bye you’ve ever had to do? There are many good-byes that have been very hard for me, for their own different reasons, one not really “hardest”, because they were all terribly hard. The loss of our … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Suzanne Gunter McClendon

This photo was supposed to have been done on or about our first anniversary. It was part of our wedding package with Craft’s Photography in Anderson, South Carolina. However, I was just over a month pregnant with our first child … Continue reading →

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Where I’m From

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Suzanne Gunter McClendon

I am from Dr. Pepper and Big Macs and big rigs, ’57 Chevys and ’68 Thunderbirds, and Smirnoff Silver. I am from the white, wood-frame mill house at the end of the street, at the end of the sidewalk. From … Continue reading →

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