Goin' Down to Mama's is, for the most part, a big ole "hen party," that is, a gathering of women. But I'll make occasional exceptions because the men in the family are pretty terrific—not to mention entertaining. That's especially true of Daddy. You can call him Junior. He's famous in our family and our church for making memorable pronouncements about life. You'll find them scattered about Goin' Down to Mama's. And I'm willing to bet you'll laugh. FYI, Daddy's suspicious of "that Facebook" and the internet in general and has no desire to have his picture plastered all over the place. So I'm sticking with vintage shots till he decides he's ready for the Worldwide Web. [That's the two of us, when I was about four, on our first trip to the Smokies.]