Category: American Heritage
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Honoring A Senator: Diane Feinstein
Death is always a sad fact of life no matter the party affiliation. Her term was not set to end until January 2025. She had health issues though and it’s not being mentioned as to a specific symptom or illness that took her, but she had dealt with shingles and encephalitis and was absent from…
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Second “Wedding Shower” Photo
When I took these photos I missed one of the cards that was still in the envelope Grandma wrote on. This is the invite to the ‘Wedding Shower’ at Grandma’s Church. There’s a lot of gifts on that table. My parents both have better cursive writing than I do. Looking through these pieces of history…
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Watching Streams
Today has been an interesting morning. I was observing the reactions from last night until I realized the Impeachment Inquiry was today and found the many live-streams for this. Pretty much at 10 am I was able to see Rep. James Comer starts off the proceedings and the introduction to the Inquiry. Then the wonderful…
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Family Life Is Not Perfect
Families are not perfect. People are not perfect. The Bible highlights many different couples and dysfunctional families that He used to show us lessons. Look at Jacob with two wives Leah and Rebecca one had children and the other was barren for a time. Moses being raised by an Egyptian Princess, Samson and Delilah had…
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Photo Dump “My Parents Wedding Shower”
In the newest photo dump of my family history these were a part of it. My Grandma Betty is wonderful. She saved everything from us grandchildren and her children and of hers and Grandpa’s. One of the major reasons for this is due to the fact that she was raised during the Great Depression. There…
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Reading Books
Growing up we watched PBS quite a bit. One of the Shows was Reading Rainbow with LeVar Burton. Oddly we also watched Mr. Rogers honestly, if anything his mannerisms in his life and his show came off differently to people. So why do I now have a much different opinion on both of these shows…
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More Heirlooms & Goosebumps
Over the years I have seen Grandma bring out little boxes that she has stowed items in. The insignia’s Grandpa wore on his service uniforms Dad brought them home from the house today. Everyone knows my interest in these things, but Dad is also showing his want for us to keep them in the family.…
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Back To Our Routine
Mom and I got back to our morning routine of walking first thing this morning. It felt good after missing yesterday not only did we have the funeral, but Mom and my brother had podiatrist appointments. One great blessing from the last few days was the beautiful sunny days we had for traveling both days.…
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Coping Emotionally
This fuzzy photo is how my brain feels this afternoon. I haven’t cried all of my emotions out fully and yet knowing where she is has been the key. Not to say I don’t feel emotionally exhausted as I know my family feels in a much worse way. The past 48 hours have been such…
Jewells of Thought 