Real talk at the Mayo house —
Sarah: Hurry up, old man! You’re as slow as Christmas.
Bracken Sr.: Yes . . . from henceforth, you shall all refer to old Dad as Father Christmas.
Bracken Jr.: Shut up, Dad! You are not a god.
Beckett: Whoa . . .
What a life.
A very happy birthday this month to our Beckett Earl Lee Mayo—the wild man turns 2! Woo!
The past month has been filled with playing some guitar with Jr. and Beck, getting a little more swimming in before the summer is over, moving huge patio stones around the backyard, and the chiropractor crackin’ Bracken so I can move such stones around and do my other chores.
We Mayos took our monthly Tennessee waterfall excursion to Fall Hollow Falls this past month and saw some deer, turkey and fishies, and sang some classic rock tunes as we walked through the forest.
And the Z-Train and I got Bracken Jr. up to Nissan Stadium for his first Titans experience. Now, talk swirls about tearing down the 23-year-old stadium and replacing it. I had to get the boy in that building for a game before the facility goes away. I think it’s a fine stadium; no need to replace it anytime soon. I am certainly not too interested in the idea of a domed stadium.
To hear some talk of Nissan Stadium, it was built 100 years ago and it’s about to crumble down. I think it’s great! Keep the Titans there, and maybe the state and/or Nashville can reward them with a new stadium after they win a Super Bowl. Although I do understand the position that a new, state-of-the-art building could attract some other large-scale events to Middle Tennessee.
Did you know: “hanger,” as in coat hanger, and “hangar,” as in airplane hangar, are two different words? I learn something new every day. Homonyms!
We should know about the homonym, synonym and antonym, right? But some of those new to the South need to know about the momanym. We all have them.
“How’s y’all’s Momanym doing?”
“Will you go to your Momanym’s for the holidays . . . ?”
It’s interesting sometimes how things happen in pairs. Find pieces on upcoming September fundraisers for Journey Home, as well as for Journeys in Community Living, in this edition of the Pulse.
Coming up in Murfreesboro, September will be filled with football and Art Crawl. This year’s Friday Night Live concert series concludes on Sept. 16, a fun activity for all ages!
Wine Around the Square has announced its big event will be held Oct. 22 this year.
Look through this edition for much more on Rutherford County. What a town.
Who wants a Pulse shirt? We have some new ones in. Let me know.
Celebrate the changing seasons of life and your neighbors and homeland and family. Celebrate another day!
Try something new.
Keep on pushing. Do the best you can with what you got. Times will get better and things will fall into place if you do your best and keep a good attitude.
Can’t steal my joy!
