TUESDAY JANUARY 17, 2012
8:42 PM

It has been cold and raining the last several days in Iuka.  The forecast for the next several days is more of the same. 

Amy made a surprise visit last Thursday night.  She was off last Thursday and Friday.  Thursday afternoon she and her boyfriend were ridding around and she mentioned the she would like to see her mother and daddy.  Before she realized what was going on they were on their way  to Iuka.  It was a surprise.  We had a very good visit before they had to return.

Pat and I went to the library for a meeting today and a concert with some old friends from Iuka.  The event was well attended and I met several people that I have not seen since returning to Iuka.  I also saw several that I have met since we moved back.

I talked to a couple from Iuka that I have probably not seen in well over forty years.  The lady had gone to a business school in Memphis after high school.  When she learned that we had lived in Wynne she told us that she had gone to business school with some women from Wynne.  She could remember the first name of one of the women, but could not remember her last name.  When she told me her first name I told her that I knew that woman. Her name is not a very common name.  Based on the age of the women I told her that it had to be the woman I knew in Wynne.   When I got home I called the lady in Wynne and she told me that she remembered the lady from Iuka and that there were four women from Wynne going to the school in Memphis at that time.   We had a good visit talking on the phone.  I then called my friend in Iuka  and told her the phone number of the lady in Wynne.  She said that she would give her a call.  When I was talking to the lady in Wynne, she told me that several times over the years she and the other ladies from Wynne had talked about my friend from Iuka.  I hope that they had a good visit on the phone.  I will check with my friend when I see her again.

Since I have moved back to Iuka I have met two men who had worked for the owner of the shoe factory in Wynne.  They had not worked in Wynne, but they knew that the company had a factory in Wynne.  Small world.

Mother in not doing well.  She has had  three bad days.  In fact the last two she has had an nurse in the room all of the time.   Mother's body is wearing out.