I really enjoyed reading your Aug 10th column about Mother. Today would have been my mother's 82nd b-day. A friend that I went to school with told me about you and ask me to read it. It really touch close to me. Thanks again for encouraging words to read!

I moved and lost you for a bit! But not to worry, I've found you online! Yay me! I love my new home even better now that all is well with my Sharon Randall habit! I've never followed a columnist before but I can promise you I will always follow you! That sounded like a stalker! I'm harmless, I promise! I've been to Vegas & California a few times so we are practically soulmates! Love ya, mean it! Jean

I read you column almost every day. Today when I read "Mom took puzzle pieces with her" I so identified with all of the article. Except in my case it was my dad. I was raised Assembly of God and 30 yrs ago converted to Catholic so I was not too popular with my dad either. Your entire column just said it all in words I could never have arranged so well. Thanks

Dear Sharon, I haven't written since the last time you were in Evansville, IN. I have been wanting to tell you how much I like the picture they use now, opposed to the one they used to use on your columns. This one looks as beautiful as you really do! I always love your columns, but I especially loved the August 15 one. You see, my mom's 76th birthday would have been August 14, and she died just a year ago, July 22. Your's and your mother's story sounds so much like mine with my mom, except she was the one who moved to "New Jersey of all places" and I was the one who got married and got pregnant at 17. I only had my mom back in my life for a little less than two years, after living away for 37 years, when she died last summer and my heart still breaks from missing her. It just wasn't long enough. God bless you and yours for being the loving, caring person you are, for sharing your gift with the world. Peace to our moms and to us.

Sharon, I was reading my Sunday paper today(The Globe Gazette), when I came upon your column, "A prayer for my mother". It brought back my own memories of my mother. Mom died in 2005 at the age of 92. She too was a complex individual with her own priorities. I know I was on her list, but felt it was at the bottom at times. I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your article. It stirred many memories for me. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her. My father died in 1985, so I had her for 20 years. I think we became closer in those years. At times she frustrated me to no end, but I now know that she did the best she could. I want to leave you with this poem that I read at her funeral: My Mother is always with me... She's the whisper of the leaves as I walk down the streeet. She's the smell of bleach in my freshly laundered socks. She's the cool hand on my brow when I'm not well. My Mother lives inside my laughter. She's crystallized in every tear drop. She's the map I follow every step that I take. She's my first love and my first heartbreak...and nothing on Earth can seperate us. Not time, not space, Not even death will ever seperate me from my Mother. I carry her inside of me. Author Unknown...I found this in the newspaper, long ago.

I have enjoyed your articles for several years......I live and grew up in Tennessee, just about 2 hrs from Knoxville........your column appears in Bristol Herald Courier every Sunday and I can't wait to read it. I also grew up Southern Baptist and some of your columns just "crack me up". Thanks Sharon for your insight and for sharing your life with your readers.

The article you wrote about your mother turning 85. I'm sure you were talking about my Mother and Me. Sometimes it seems like I didn't even know her. Thank You so much for all of your articles.

Thank you - for sharing so much of you, your family, and your life. You've put all of yourself out there so many times for us (your fans & friends) to share in your joys, sorrows & day-to-day thoughts. You, the way you write, the way you express your thoughts & feelings for us to connect with are such a blessing! I'll be buying your book & asking for an autograph! Many blessings in return for all you have shared & given to others.

Hi, I wanted to tell you how much I have enjoyed your articles. I have read your column for a couple of years now and I do look forward to them and the way you turn the somewhat mundane into a hilarious and sometimes thought provoking experience. Best wishes for your new arrival and hoping all is well with that bundle of joy. I know Grandma will be sneaking a kiss on the back of his/her neck! Thanks again and best wishes!

I read you article "Hanging Out With My Sister" this morning and wish to tell you that big brothers didn't want their little brothers hanging out with them either. I was forced to take my little brother to town with me on Friday and Saturday nights. I would drop him at the movie theater and then chase girls around the court house square with my buddies (couldn't be seen with the squirt). Later my brother and I became best friends and cherished our times together. He would be 61 years old this August 11 and I do miss him. Thanks for the article, it brought back memories that I love. Regards Glenn Taylor