By STACEYPATTON WALLACE I’ve mentioned Tanya Simms, my dear friend, several times in my column. She taught for 26 years in the great state of Alabama, retired and then taught for 11 years at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia. I was blessed to teach on the...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE My husband Mike and I are certainly not the athletic type. Instead, we are quite clumsy, but loveable. This tendency to be less than graceful often made for interesting situations when we were teachers at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange,...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE A few weeks ago, our good friend William brought a new member into his family: a black and white bundle of energy he named Gus. A Boston terrier puppy, Gus now weighs a whopping 5 pounds and is too cute for words.   Last week, Mike and I...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE I am a big fan of condiments, with ketchup being my all-time favorite. Now, my husband Mike says that I will put ketchup on everything; however, that is incorrect. Once when I was in single digits, I saw my cousin Lance dip his cornbread in...