An evening walk with my family the day after my husband arrived home from having emergency gall bladder removal surgery in St. Joe, Arkansas on June 18, 2021. My daughter was still donning her pajamas from the previous night, as it was a whirlwind few days for all of us and we were all out of whack. 'An Ozark Childhood' has become a long term project of mine as I tell the stories of my family and community over a period of 10 years..