Category: American Heritage

• A Rainy 4th of July

  Does this mean that God is crying over this Country today? A kaleidoscope of memories has run through my mind this morning. Different years fanning through my head of spending meals and afternoons at Grandma’s house and now we are on a new chapter in the Bishop Family. This will be our 2nd year of…

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  July 4, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  4th of July, afternoon, American, cabin, daytrips, Family, family branches, goosebumps, Grandmas House, independence-day, jesus, July 4th, prayer march, road trips, sloppy joes, sweet tea, trips, work

• Cemeteries… A Peaceful Solitude

  Heading back to the Cemetery this morning almost always feels good. It means exercise time and about half of the time we can say it is actually peaceful. I guess we have to have a reason to pay the mowers right! There are times they beat us and vice versa. Today once again they beat…

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  July 3, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  burial, cemeteries, cemetery, Christian, church, cruising, death, decisions, facts, Family, fortunate, freaked out, Funeral Service, goodbyes, Gospel Message, grandparents, history, memories, red van, stones, Sunflower, walking, writing

• The Debate Night

  Thursday evening was quite a night. After over a week of having up to three girls most of the time we had just one that day. It was a day of catching up to our bodies physically for me and my Mom. It was also our last evening with our girl before heading back to…

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  July 2, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections

  Americans, anxious, attitudes, candidates, chills, Debate Night, Democrats, doctors, donald-trump, emotions, gut feelings, Holy Spirit, joe-biden, livestream, moments, motives, news, observe, politics, Presidential Debate, Presidents, Primary, republicans, riots, specialist, sugar, television, trump, trustworthy, voices

• Saying Goodbye For Now

  This morning I have to admit I was a bit irritated. I got up early and was ready to walk by 7 am. Mom had taken off with my brother to get milk so I got a little flustered by this when we have been trying to get up early to walk and today was…

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  July 2, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  10 siblings, casket, Christ, Christian, church, death, emotional, Family, fishing, flustered, God, grandma, graveside, history, hobbies, love, memories, message, mowed, photos, prayers, timing

• Fleeing For Our Lives…

  Mom and I enjoy walking. Thankfully we have gotten back up to a half an hour routine. Of course we do walk in the local cemetery. I have mentioned before it is where a lot of family and friends stones are standing tall. The reason we walk there is because it’s really just a nice…

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  July 2, 2024

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  barking, calm, cemeteries, cemetery, Covid, death, dogs, Family, fleeing, Grandmas, grandpas, gravestones, highway, history, travel, unnerve, walkers, walking

• Reminders of Proverbs

  Earlier this year I wanted to do a Wednesday night look at Proverbs. The time I spent reviewing the book was exhilarating and necessary. It’s why we are taught in our churches to continually be reading in our Bibles little passages at a time. It’s easier to manage and may help to engage in your…

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  July 1, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Modern American History, World History

  10 Commandments, America, bible, character, church, decisions, dichotomy, engage, God, jesus, passages, pray, proverbs, reveal, scripture verses, wisdom, World History

• Tornado Alley

  A few days of not having more than one child and we are still recuperating. Last night Dad couldn’t even use the printer because of some girls printing and printing Lilo and Stitch pictures. It took me and Dad nearly 10 minutes to figure out how many times they had forced this to print over…

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  July 1, 2024

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  bobbins, cherished, educational, exhaustion, interest, nervous, pillows, printers, sewing machine, stitching, tornado

• Take Advantage Of Your Time

  One week ago we had a little birthday party for my Great-Great Uncle Dick. There was a special voice of God directing Mom and possibly Great Aunt Helen about last Wednesday. They were determined to spend time with him for his birthday. Thank God we did! This morning Aunt Helen couldn’t get a hold of…

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  June 26, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Uncategorized

  birthday, chances, Christian, comfort, conversations, death, God, regrets, surprises, time

• Why Sewing Matters

  Growing up in my family on both my parents sides were not just the agile crafters, but women who had essential skills to provide for their family. Crafting and making pretty or simply functional clothing is not an extravagance or something that is not useful. Sewing was a skill in the American past that was…

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  June 25, 2024

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Women

  brother, crafts, DIY, encouragement, essential skills, Grandmas, handmade, Home Ec, humbleness, needles, Parents, Pfaff, projects, quilting, reputations, senior, sewing, sewing machines, skills, talents, threading needles

• Fiery, Passionate Love

  Last year I wrote out my feelings about my nieces birthday and motherhood or lack of experience being a mother. Becoming an Aunt was an experience though and I went through all of that in this article from a year ago. Today is slightly different. Have you noticed something about recent crimes lately. The victims…

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  June 24, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  border-crisis, cherished, children, Christ, Christian, criminals, death, Family, fiery, girls, illegal migrants, immigration, joe-biden, love, neighborhood, news, Parents, passionate, politics, siblings, The Bronx Community, Trump authentic, victims, Women