Mandy on the left, Sharon, me and mom on the right…
There are people who just remind you of other people right off the bat. In this case, it was a matter of about 20 years before I realized that someone I had admired in high school was just the spitting image in looks and spirit of my very favorite aunt. You see, my friend Mandy and my favorite aunt, Sharon Ann, had to be cut of the very same cloth. Sharon Ann was closer in age to me than many aunts are, but she was loved dearly by her niece, kind of like my friend Mandy is loved dearly by young’uns of all sorts who surround her. They share the same infectious laugh, the same irreverent nature that does not abide by most rules and the gift of keen observation which makes Mandy a great story-teller and the keeper of all manner of Snellville lore which she shares without hesitation. Our lives keep getting more intertwined again and again as we live those years between that time in high school and where we find ourselves today-still unwaveringly connected to our community.
It is that hometown community who will help Mandy celebrate a momentous occasion-her 50th birthday! Her party will be held at yet another former classmate’s bar and grill and the entertainment hails from that same Alma Mater. FLH band will play some serious rock and roll tonight at Glenda’s Bar and Grill out in Oxford, GA and we will dance, drink a toast and laugh together in celebration of a very special lady who is loved dearly by those who know her.
And of her “twin”? I know that she will laugh along with us and I will be lucky enough to have known both!
The Handsome Men of FLH
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