By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter With the flip of a calendar page, I sailed into 50 on Sept. 3! Coffee on the porch with my handsome husband and fur family helped ease into the morning. This was followed by an invigorating call from my sister, Janet, and a power workout setting the day on just the right […]
Happy 80th Birthday Merle Barrett (aka, Dad)!
By Susan Barrett-Hensel; Janet Barrett-Pallett; Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter; and Katherine Barrett-De Boer My dad, Merle Barrett, turns 80 years old today! Thankfully, he still is a youthful, healthy, strong and hard-working man. Ten years ago, when he celebrated his 70th birthday, my three sisters and I reflected on our memories with him. As we’re all grown and […]
Memories of Time With Our Mother
On behalf of our mother’s birthday today, my 3 sisters and I took a stroll down memory lane about our lifetime relationship with the matriarch of our family, Ann Kathryn Barrett. Happy Birthday, Mom! FROM SUSAN BARRETT HENSEL After we were all tucked into bed, creeping out to the living room and Mom letting […]