Table of Contents
Welcome to Our Front Porch 1
Chapter 1 Granny Rice's Ham Surprise 7
Chapter 2 The Long Arm of the Law 13
Chapter 3 Biscuits, Bagels, and Sunday Gravy 19
Chapter 4 Onion Rings, Sweet Tea, and Jesus 25
Chapter 5 Fancy Dancing and Unexpected Guests 31
Chapter 6 Granny's Cast Iron Skillet 37
Chapter 7 Hairspray, Beehives, and Blue-Haired Grannies 45
Chapter 8 A Southern Boy and His Truck 51
Chapter 9 Southern Kindness and Helping Hands 57
Chapter 10 Trust and a Bucket of Corn 63
Chapter 11 Revving Motors and Screeching Tires 69
Chapter 12 A Little Farm Girl Shall Lead Them 75
Chapter 13 Don't Mess with a Southern Lady's Pies 81
Chapter 14 Just a Little Spray Paint 87
Chapter 15 A Patchwork of Memories 93
Chapter 16 Southern Characters 101
Chapter 17 Move Over, Barney Fife 107
Chapter 18 The Blessing of Biscuits 113
Chapter 19 Second Chances 119
Chapter 20 On a Blacklist Somewhere 125
Chapter 21 Jimmy Carter and Mother's Potaro Salad 131
Chapter 22 The Biggest Redneck of All 137
Chapter 23 Southern Rivalries 143
Chapter 24 Southern Ingenuity 149
Chapter 25 The Hand of God 157
Chapter 26 A Funny Thing Happened…at Church? 163
Chapter 27 Those Timeless Old Hymns 169
Chapter 28 A Miracle at Thirty Thousand Feet 175
Chapter 29 Watch Out for the Bears 181
Chapter 30 Southern Funerals 187
Chapter 31 Love Hidden in a Hurricane 195
Chapter 32 Southern Pranksters 201
Chapter 33 Modern Day Parables in the Louisiana Swamp 207
Chapter 34 The Spice of Life 215
Chapter 35 Pound Cakes and Sweet Faith 221
Acknowledgments 228
