Susan Sharpless Smith

Atlanta Downtown The two weeks following when I last wrote here were hectic to the nth degree. I went from the Memorial Day weekend straight to Durham where I tried to be helpful for my son following some surgery to correct a problem with his leg that inhibited his ability to run. From there I [...]

It’s Memorial Day Monday, and already time to head back home to North Carolina. Living 9 hours away from our beach home in Rehoboth Beach means that we only get to Delaware and its shore a few times a year. This year, we moved Mom from Maryland to Winston-Salem to assisted living near us and [...]

I’ve been vacationing in the Keys for the last 10 years, give or take. Over the years, we’ve taken a week each year to visit with my godmother who has a home on Lower Matacumbe Key. This year she is almost 94 years old, yet remains surprisingly independent. To illustrate, she told us her experiences [...]

Robert the Doll Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie Last week, our first destination in Key West was to visit “Robert the Doll” at the Museum @ East Martello. Robert is 105 years old and began his life as a doll belonging to young Gene Otto, who blamed Robert for every” misdeed, treachery and mischief.” We were [...]

Heron Flies Away Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie We are half way through our annual Florida Keys vacation. As in recent years, it’s a gathering of siblings and husbands at my godmother’s house on Lower Matacumbe Key. Aunt Jean just lets us take over and hopefully we provide her some company and a few laughs. The [...]

At Lunch in Philipsburg Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie This week, Ron and I are in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, spending a week on vacation with both my sisters and my brother-in-law. They had come last December and liked it so much they wanted to come back this year. And invited us to tag along, so [...]

Susan in a Redwood Tree Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie My sister, Kate, and I went to visit our older sister, Mary, in San Jose last week. Mary has been working a temporary (6 month) assignment at a hospital there. Before she returns East later this month, we took the opportunity to spend some time visiting [...]

Susan Gets Betty a Gus & Gus Hotdog Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie Finally, I am back at the beach for a week’s much needed vacation. It’s been a long, busy summer at home. The trip had a rocky start with my drive day occurring the same day that Hanna moved up the east coast. But [...]

60th Anniversary Portrait Last week, Ron’s entire family gathered at an ocean-front house in Whalehead Beach (Corolla, NC) to celebrate his parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. Ron is the eldest of 4 children and it happened that his 59th birthday was this week also. There were 15 adults and one baby, making up four generations of [...]

Adventurous Group Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie The year rolled around quickly to our annual late March week visiting Aunt Jean at her home in Lower Matacumbe in the Florida Keys. Over the years, different folks have come along, but it’s morphed into a week where my sisters and I, plus our husbands, gather and spend [...]