GiGi’s Journey

Since before I was born, The AVERETT family has been vacationing together every two summers in the panhandle of Florida. This year my granddaughter, Ava Collins Burris, attends as the beginning of our SEVENTH generation! We are over 70 in total and growing.  We come...

Everyone kept telling me the love and joy I would feel would not be able to be put into words. How right were they? Ava Collins Burris was born June 8, 2018 at 7:02 am.   She weighed 7lbs 14 oz. and was 19 inches long.   She has a head full of jet black hair, like her...

As I reflect on this last week, I am reminded so beautifully of the Circle of Life and the joy the birth of a new baby brings. We all sat around the hospital room and the kids asked me about their births. It was fun comparing experiences and laughing about personality...

How many of you love your Grandma more than life itself? You have that unique relationship with her that you don’t have with anyone else in your life! My “Granny” was my best friend, my confidant and my mother’s advocate when needed! She lived three hours south of us...