He is very loving now. He comes to Thanksgiving and Christmas. He never phones without telling us he loves us.

He would never come to anything family. He didn't come to Christmas, didn't come to Thanksgiving. He didn't want to be around the house at all. It made us feel bad.

The Skillman family members have Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers every year. There are probably about 40 of us. Up until Becky became lieutenant governor, she had the Christmas celebration at her house and she prepared the chili. Now that she lives in Greenwood, she doesn't have room for the get-together.

It's nice because Christmas is over and Thanksgiving is over. You've got to have something to look forward to.

You got to think about Thanksgiving, Christmas . . . we're going to be in a new environment, ... We're used to going over to each other's house and eating. That's going to be the hard part.

If you grew up in Macon, Georgia, the fair was almost like Thanksgiving or Christmas. It was another holiday. The food, the rides. It's just a good time.