by Priscilla H Wilson | May 16, 2012 | Birding, Family
A long weekend in Minnesota can’t be beat. It is the Audubon group’s Warbler Weekend. My sister, Pam, and I join son, Ben Thursday afternoon for a couple of days of birding. We stay in Lake City, MN … walk miles through the Hok-Si-La Park and Frontenac State Park…...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Feb 7, 2012 | Faith, Family
Feb 5, 2011 is the eight month anniversary of my husband, Rodney’s death. I didn’t anticipate the anniversary day, but it becomes a day of happenings. It all starts at worship that morning. I look to see what the scripture is and gulp. I can’t believe what I am...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Sep 21, 2011 | Aging, Death, Family
“I’m not going to date one of the ‘big boys.” I’d heard a rumor that Rodney Wilson planned to ask me for a date. Since I was only a junior in high school, his return from the Navy qualified him as one of the “big boys.” That spring of 1947 most of my girl friends at...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Aug 23, 2011 | Family
How respond when someone asks, “How are you doing?” That is a puzzlement!! We all ask that question in one form or another. We ask it in ordinary everyday situations. But let there be a death in the family and it is a standard question. The thing is…while I don’t know...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Aug 22, 2011 | Aging, Faith, Family
A year ago Rodney and I attended Bill Tammeus’s annual writing week at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Our writing buddy, Kaze Gadway joined us. “Death and Its Mysteries” was the theme for the week. Little did we know what a gift that would be. The week...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jun 29, 2011 | Family
Tribute | Rodney Wilson, a life of service The Kansas City Star By KATHLEEN POINTER Who:Rodney Eugene Wilson, 84, of Mission Hills. When and how he died: June 5, 2011 from a massive brain hemorrhage. On the railroad: Rodney Wilson was a man of service. In 1944, he...
