Come in this House!
The Life of Granny Lucille
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Most days, I don’t hear it, that old train. Today, well, today it was different.
The heat of my morning coffee hugged my tired hands. The sun soaked the breakfast room picture window, and that old cardinal sittin’ in the Japanese Maple looked right at me as if to say, “Lucille, tell me your story.” Then, that train whistle sounded, the wheels rattled, and the low rumble brought me right back. It brought me back to those days where I learned all were welcome and a gathering was first on everyone’s list.
From those days at Buckhead Route 1 to where I sit today, God orchestrated it all. Ninety-three years of life, I learned one of God’s greatest gifts on this side of Heaven is a gathering where loved ones return, and strangers become family.
All the visits and people who crossed my path are just like that old train. That old train has never been on schedule, but it’s always been right on time. Just like my sister Myra.
I was 5.
Back then, no one said the word pregnant or anything like that. Especially Mama, Mama was very reserved. Mama never talked about being pregnant. She never said I was going to have a new sister or brother either. She just had a bump. Either way, I do remember that day. It was the day Myra was born.
All I knew, something was going on in the other room.
We were told to, “STAY OUT!”
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About the Book
The legacy you’ll leave then is the life you’re living now. Lucille Ellis McDade’s beautiful life story is testament to the heritage built through hospitality, intentionality, and the everyday living that make a house a home. What a treasure to preserve these stories – this life – for generations to come!
- Trudy Cathy White
Chick-fil-A Ambassador
About the Author
Proud of it! Lucille is a country woman born and raised in the South. She would say, a country hick, but in reality, she is a pillar that holds family and community together. Lucille lived a country life. Her expertise is not found in fancy degrees or titles. It’s found in the simple act of opening the front door to say, “Come in this house!”
Instantly, you are family.
Lucille raised seven children, married a WWII veteran, and squeezed the neck of the countless who walked through her door. Lucille provides family, friends, and strangers alike the love and comfort of home. She shared her story in the hope you will do the same.
Elizabeth G. Harper resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Lew, a retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, and children, Hannah and JB. Elizabeth worked with troubled and adjudicated kids and spent over twenty-five years in education.
Elizabeth is the author of the young adult book I Wanted to Be a Pilot:The Making of a Tuskegee Airman, the biography of family friend and dyslexic Franklin J. Macon, the recipient of the Tuskegee Congressional Gold Medal and the Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal.