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Coax Out The Beauty | #makeamemory

On: March 7, 2016

Every piece of junk’s got a beautiful soul. It just takes the right person to coax it out. ~Roy Watkins

Abigail Adams is probably my favorite First Lady. She wasn’t a traditional beauty, but her husband John never wanted another soul. While he traveled to Europe as French ambassador and served in multiple political positions in the formative United States, Abigail bore children, managed their Massachusetts farm and investments, and left a prolific cache of eloquent writing.

I think about Abigail Adams a lot.Continue Reading

Don’t Wait For Other People | #makeamemory

By: Andra Watkins

On: February 29, 2016

In: Make a Memory, What's Happening?

“Don’t wait for other people to make special things happen. Create your own memories.” – Heidi Klum I remember milepost 120. MTM left me on a deserted parkway, fifteen miles north of Jackson, Mississippi. As I took the first steps of my second week, he drove east, twelve hoursContinue Reading

We Remember Moments | #makeamemory

By: Andra Watkins

On: February 22, 2016

In: Make a Memory, What's Happening?

We do not remember days. We remember moments. – Caesar Pavese Of my many moments, I recall this one in technicolor. I stood in an art gallery at the back of the old Hotel Newburgh. I toured the old hotel-turned-homeless housing. Blundered through its lobby and missed the basement bar. EvenContinue Reading

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