Letters From Miss Sas

I Thought I Found One Hell of a Spider

I Thought I Found One Hell of a Spider

I thought I found one hell of a spider. Turns out, it was an empty cicada shell—and somehow I’d gone my whole life without ever really looking at one. No...

I Thought I Found One Hell of a Spider

I thought I found one hell of a spider. Turns out, it was an empty cicada shell—and somehow I’d gone my whole life without ever really looking at one. No...

Being Needed and Being Cared About Are Not the ...

Some of us come from helpers. We answer the phone, show up when somebody needs us, and somehow end up carrying things that were never really ours to carry. But...

Being Needed and Being Cared About Are Not the ...

Some of us come from helpers. We answer the phone, show up when somebody needs us, and somehow end up carrying things that were never really ours to carry. But...

Mama Named It Short-N-Sassy

Short-N-Sassy started as my Mama’s dream for a little clothing store for short women. Life got busy and the store never happened—but the name stayed. All these years later, that...

Mama Named It Short-N-Sassy

Short-N-Sassy started as my Mama’s dream for a little clothing store for short women. Life got busy and the store never happened—but the name stayed. All these years later, that...

Everybody’s Favorite Grandma

Everybody’s Favorite Grandma

A little Southern girl grew up with Dolly Parton’s music, movies, rhinestones, and unmistakable laugh. Years later, Dolly became part of her children’s memories too. A letter about losing someone...

Everybody’s Favorite Grandma

A little Southern girl grew up with Dolly Parton’s music, movies, rhinestones, and unmistakable laugh. Years later, Dolly became part of her children’s memories too. A letter about losing someone...

The Little Things People Remember

A childhood trip to the mall taught little Miss Sas something she never forgot: a smile, a wave, or a kind word may seem small, but sometimes the smallest things...

The Little Things People Remember

A childhood trip to the mall taught little Miss Sas something she never forgot: a smile, a wave, or a kind word may seem small, but sometimes the smallest things...

Put Your Go Britches On

Put Your Go Britches On

Growing up, Deddy always said we had to put our “go britches” on. Funny how somewhere between riding bikes all over Webb, teenage backroads, marriage, kids, and adulthood, I finally...

Put Your Go Britches On

Growing up, Deddy always said we had to put our “go britches” on. Funny how somewhere between riding bikes all over Webb, teenage backroads, marriage, kids, and adulthood, I finally...