Nail Glue, Cigarettes, and Seventy-Two
She would have been 72 years old today. Always a beauty, and for as long as I can remember, consumed …
Author Archives: Beverly Brown Burton
Astounded
Tomorrow will be March 29. Again, we face another year without seeing who Wes and Andy would have become. I …
When I Turned Thirty
On December 16, 1987 I had reached a milestone: I was only one year shy of having completed three decades …
Honoring Wes
My husband, Blaine, and I take turns speaking at our oldest son Wes’s high school every third Friday in May …
Mulligans and a Miracle
Most of my close friends know the story of Andy and the ‘old couple’ who allowed him to play golf …
Across the Road, Three Days Later, Now 14 Years
Around 1:30PM, Good Friday, my two sons meet me. They each have two shirts Carried across their arms, Ralph Lauren …
Breakfast for Two
Two giggling girls, eating their sausage ‘cross aunts’, on a cold, Wednesday morning in January, are seated at the …
In Memory of Sophie, Our Clown Dog
I just finished mopping the kitchen three very thorough times. I had to scrub with paper towels first, then adding …
Another ‘Good’ Friday
January 27, 2015: I am in disbelief that I wrote this almost seven years ago. Sister (Velda Brown Modlin) is no …
Writing Desk
Now I have no more excuses as I have the proper tool: I have a writing desk. Actually, it’s the …
July 22, 2014
It’s important to preface the following story as I wrote it by hand in my journal and that is a …
Birthday Wishes
Butterfly In my Radar. A viceroy floats over my head. I Try to chase it to snap a photo of …
Two Sides of the Fence
May 16, 2014 I don’t think I’ve ever sat on a picket fence. I can’t imagine it would be a …
GROW UP!
I read an MSN online article this morning. It was a list of 25 things every woman should do in …
Why They Loved Me
Prompt Writing. Fall Retreat. Oct. 19, 2013 I have often thought about what Wes and Andy would say to me …
One Big Family
October 14, 2013 A young man posted this on my Facebook page today, “I only knew Andy for a short …
My Lemon Tree’s Roots Go Deep
It is surreal to know that we have lived in our new community for a little over a year now. …
Dusting
April 19, 2013 Yesterday I dusted. I don’t like dusting–it only stirs up what will settle again. I’m just moving …
Apollo’s Chariot
This is the first time that the anniversary of Wes, Andy, and Ryan’s deaths has “lined up” with the lunar …
A Place That No Longer Is
From a prompt given by Carol at a spring mountain retreat in Roaring Gap Home…my first one…it’s still there…yet it is …
Farther Along 