10/13/2026
I've been reading through dozens of messages this evening - both personal and comments on my thread last night. The support we have received here at Still Waters both in the campground and the restaurant have always overwhelmed me in a good way. I am so thankful for grace from each of you who have been disappointed by an experience here at our place. I am also thankful that it is fewer and fewer of you these days.
If you have time for a little story, let me indulge. About a year ago my baby girl (she's 25 and has a little girl of her own but she will always be my baby) went and traded her vehicle in for another car.....against my advice and wishes. I tried and tried to warn her. Think greasy hair, used car salesman with a phony sales pitch that most ...ahem..."seasoned" adults could spot a mile away. He sold her on this nice black SUV with the shiny wheels that hid a lot of sins. She called me from the dealership and wanted my blessing and wanted me to see if this con artist was giving her a deal. While she had me on speaker phone, I told both her, and most importantly him, what I thought of this "once in a lifetime" deal and the conman behind it. Well, much to my dismay she brought this car home anyway. And guess what? She has had NOTHING but trouble with it for the last year. And also for the last year her I-told-you-so mama has made her never live it down.
Two weeks ago another thing went bad with it and she called me crying over this piece of junk and in my ever-NOT-so-loving way I said, "I bet you wish you would have listened to me about this car now, huh?" She hung up the phone. For a minuscule second I was proud of my arrogance. And then a powerful voice deep inside of me said, "Melissa, how many times have I shown you grace in your stupid decisions?"
Oh man. I literally crumbled and sobbed. I can't even begin to put into words how quickly I was humbled. We grow older but we don't always grow wiser. Sometimes we forget the mercy and grace we have been shown by others and most importantly by a God who has seen us from the moment we were conceived and passionately loves us. I don't always get it right. Not with my children, my staff, our guests, or my faith. But praise God His mercies are new every morning.
Story time is over. Before I end I will say we think we have found a solution to Sundays. We will try it out until the end of this year and see how it goes. IF it is working we will keep it. Nancy & Krais are going to join Kyle and the kitchen crew on Sundays. With the addition of her to the kitchen along with Kyle and another server every Sunday, slow or busy, we we will rock it. What a great team we have!
We will also be serving breakfast ALL day on Sundays - 7am-3pm. And we will still have our fried chicken special, burgers, or any lunch item you want. We are excited to see how it goes. And our expectation for the lunch special will be 15 minutes or less. Wish us luck!
God bless each and everyone of you!
Melissa