What can one mom even do to make a difference? We moms need to know this. More of a short series about all the huge little things moms do. It’s not a contest, but let’s all tell about our memories of those little things that mean so much, that only moms know how to doContinue reading “What would your mother do? Pray.”
Category Archives: Good ol’ days
Mary and Martha and Me
When I Was a Turkey Several years ago our family tried a Thanksgiving experiment. Instead of buying our Thanksgiving dinner, we only priced it and sent the amount to a mission. We then asked God to give us a meal from His own hand that we could see was especially from Him. In our minds,Continue reading “Mary and Martha and Me”
September 28th
I repost this, now and then. Today’s the day…. Today would have been my mom’s birthday. She would have been 84. Life was hard when my mom was a kid. People had very little in the way of excess. She told us of having only three outfits: one for church, one for school, and oneContinue reading “September 28th”
She Came Crying, Begging, and Trembling…
It happened during our tiny tornado that passed over us and never did a bit of damage except for felling one oak tree in the woods. We saw the clouds coming. We knew the predicted danger was upon us. Watching it was like watching time-lapse photography. I’ve never seen clouds approach so fast. We were ready.Continue reading “She Came Crying, Begging, and Trembling…”
My Dad
He served in the Army, bought a house on the G.I. Bill, raised five kids, worked hard at Kuhlman’s Plastics to provide you with laundry baskets and us with something to eat, gave us airplane rides on his feet, built three rooms and a basement onto our house when we grew too large for whatContinue reading “My Dad”
Home, Sweet Home
In my memories, nothing has changed…
Child Star
Screenshot from a public domain film The Little Princess (1939) starring Shirley Temple and Richard Greene (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Shirley Temple died today. She was 85, which is hard to imagine. I watched her darling performances when I was a child, and loved her, wanted to be her. She was about 35 years old, then,Continue reading “Child Star”
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