Where's Summit?

Everyone has been asking about Summit, so here's the scoop!

Our new home town has a population of about 1,500 people. It is a suburb of McComb, MS which has a population of about 14,000 people.

Yay, small towns!!

We are located in Pike County about 80 miles south of Jackson.(I wonder how long it will take me to say county instead of parish?)  But more importantly, we are only 110 miles from New Orleans!!

Thank the Lord!!

Less than two hours to Olive's house!

Summit is the highest point on the Illinois Central Railroad between New Orleans, Louisiana and Jackson, Tennessee.

They've put up quite a marker to prove it!!

The little downtown area is filled with cute shops, a fabric store, and the Sweet Tooth Café. The Star Drive In is a local favorite and you can't even get close to it at lunchtime!!

Well, that's all I really know about Summit. I'm sure there's lots more to learn!

Until then.....

Love ya'll,

Shelli

What makes most people comfortable is some sort of sense of nostalgia.

I grew up in a small town, and I could count my friends on one hand, and I still live that way. I think I'll die in a small town.

When I can't move my bones around a stage any more,

you'll find me living in a place that's spread out and rural and spacious.

-Justin Timberlake

It's passionately interesting for me that

the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home,

are just the things that I believe have won the election.

-Margaret Thatcher

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre

of each and every town or city. 

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Welcome

Welcome to the blog that could have been called Chasing Grand Kids!

My husband, James, and I have recently moved to Summit, Mississippi to be closer to our daughter and her family. In the process, we bought a 1980s ranch style home that needs quite a bit of updating, but it sits on 7 1/2 beautiful acres that cry out to the gardener in me to PLANT, PLANT, PLANT!!!

Needless to say, the next few years will be filled with all the adventures a move entails- new neighbors and friends, new church, home remodeling, landscaping and gardening, a she shed, and heaven only knows what else. My hope for this blog is to keep in touch with friends and family during the process and share a little bit of our life on Pine Cone Lane.

Love ya'll,

Shelli

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

- Psalm 28:7