Category Archives: Caney Mountain Blog

Have you ever felt like a zero? Maybe no one listens to you, or you don’t believe you are noticed. Or perhaps you have always felt like the least good-looking, the dumbest, and the ugliest. You may feel like a zero. And whether or not that’s true, I don’t know. But what I do knowContinue reading “The Zeros”

Are there any restaurants that you love but those restaurants hate you? Let me explain. There’s a particular fast-food establishment that I adore. I would eat there every day if I could afford it. But every time I eat there, World War 3 commences in my abominable region. Or abdominal, same thing. So I’ll vowContinue reading “The Restaurant”

Have you ever heard a baby’s desperate cry? It may have been twenty years ago, but it’s hard to forget a wail like that. Babies will cry and scream and thrash around until the provider of nourishment makes an appearance. When babies see their mommas, they shift the cry into high gear. It’s a kindContinue reading “The Breaking Point”

She and her growing family lived in a two-room shack painted white, which sat directly behind a mechanic shop on the South side of their small town. They had four children, six and under, with one on the way. They were traveling back home from getting groceries at the local Winn-Dixie. She carefully maneuvered theirContinue reading “The Hope”