By STACEY PATTON WALLACE If you are reading this column, I hope that you and your family had a very Merry Christmas. This was the first Christmas that I made my sweet Mama’s dressing without her supervision, so I was a little nervous, reading her handwritten...

Although I’m a woman of many faults, I’d have to say that two of my worst are my lack of punctuality and my rotten sense of direction. My lack of punctuality is possibly genetic because Barbara Patton (not the former mayor of Opelika), my sweet Mama, suffered from the...

Amelia has been my dear friend since we started Avondale kindergarten together in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals) back in September of 1968. She turned the big 6-0 this past Nov. 3. Amelia is one month and 16 days older than I am; this fact has brought me...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I have mentioned before in this column, I am a 20th-century woman trapped in the 21st century. In fact, I was the least tech-savvy teacher when I taught at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia. However, even I must admit that some...