A Trip Down Memory Lane

I decided recently to transfer some cassette tapes I had collected to CDs. As I was copying them, I did a little listening.  Oh, my, how the memories came flooding back to me!

The main memory I want to share today is of Russ’s Aunt Kitty.

She was a treasure. She was honest, but gentle in her reprimand and approach. She taught school even past her official retirement. She had moved to be with her daughter in Nashville and found a Child Care organization that needed a helping hand, which she gladly gave.

Kitty had played the piano for the Fredonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church for more years than anyone wanted to admit remembering. It was not long after moving that she once again got the opportunity to use her talented ability in her new church. When she decided it was time to give that up, at age 82, the choir director arranged for her to come and play a selection of songs while he recorded them. That recording was what caused me to reminisce. 

Kitty was a little bitty thing, but always a ball of fire, and that carried over into her music. I had forgotten how talented she was and the speed with which she struck those keys, making sweet music. 

I am so blessed to have this collection of songs to help me remember a wonderful lady, who always loved me from the time I joined their family. She exemplified God’s love in her life. She was a strong defender of her family. She was a giving person.

I doubt many of us will leave the same level of inheritance that Kathryn Rachel Harmon Quertermous left.  But then, we can always hope and strive to be a better person.

"Ms. Kitty" - August 2, 1914 - November 19, 2003