Are the Cubbies ever going to win a World Series
- Are the Cubbies ever going to win a World Series
- You guess is as good as mine
Every Time I Went to Kiss Her
When I was a young teenager my father had a hi-fi stereo, state of the art. We boys were not supposed to touch it, but of course we occasionally did. In my father’s LP collection was a comedy record that we had been explicitly charged with not listening to…under any circumstances. That ranks right up there with waving the old proverbial red handkerchief at “el Toro”, with telling Brett Favre he should retire, or Mt. Everest beaconing Sir Edmund Hillary. It became a challenge. I had to hear that comedy record.
Well I found myself alone in the house one day, (more…)
Open Season on a Rush Boy
Outsized would have described my Uncle Sam, Irene’s husband. He had an outsized personality, and he was prone to tell outsized tales of questionable veracity. He was physically a big man. 
I do not know what his height was, but he always seemed taller than my 187 centimeters. He was a man who loved eat, and his weight showed it. He was just a big man.
Although I never thought about them, he had one physical (more…)
Tireless Acts of Love
Aunt Edith was a small woman in stature but her love and compassion for others could not be measured. She never tired in doing for other people whether it was cooking delicious meals, cleaning, cutting hair, or just giving a hug and saying ” I love you honey, come by and visit soon.” I was a recipient many times as a child of her unselfish love.
In the spring of 1956 or 1957, she made an ugly duckling feel (more…)
Old Ader, Legend of The Carr Family
In the months prior to our 2010 CARR REUNION, I discovered many lost or forgotten treasures as I searched for photos or stories to go in our family album. Some of these treasures have brought smiles and laughter and some have evoked tears. One “treasure” that I found among my Mama’s pictures and keepsakes was a tribute to “Old Ader”, their mule and a photo of Mama Carr with Old Ader. I’ll (more…)
Buried Treasure
One hot sultry Saturday in the summer of 1946 two sisters, Lucille and Peggy faced a bathtub full of mustard greens. Walter and Lucille’s garden had flourished.
With the attitude that “nothing should go to waste”, Walter and (more…)
Juanita’s Memories of Mama Carr’s Soft Side
I was the recipient of Mama’s wrath many times but also the recipient of the practical expressions of her love many more times.
I remember one year she set her sewing (more…)
Tommy’s Daughter Meets Him
Administrator’s note — In pulling this over from the old site I lost who wrote this. I believe it was either Angela or Buffy. Perhaps someone can set me straight.
I was luck
y to be blessed with two of the most amazing women in the world as Grandmothers! Unfortunately, in November 2004, I lost the first one and that was one the most devastating blows I thought I would ever suffer. That was until March 2008 when I lost the other one. Nancy Irene Schulze was one of the most amazing women I had (more…)
Peggy Dodd Terrorizes Small Child
Now that I am older, I recognize Aunt Peggy as kind, gentle, woman. However, when I was little she put the fear of Peggy into me. You might even say she “terrorized” me.
I remember staying with her one summer in Ohio. Since she was one (more…)
Burp Bird
Another story for the grandkids…about grandkids. 
When my son (David Bryan Rush) was around 3 or so we were all at my mother’s house for dinner. My mother is very strict about manners and all the grandkids knew that unquestionably. They all tried their darnedest (at least at that point in their young lives) to avoid a run in with Grandma about manners. My son burps, and we all look at him expecting an “excuse me”. He looks back at us and says, “It was the burp bird in my pocket.” What you do after that?