Category: Family

• Photos In Time

  Yesterday besides catching the movie on the USS Indianapolis I saw another one. This is one made from 1959. Carey Grant and Tony Curtis were the lead roles. Operation Petticoat. I cannot count how many times I have seen this movie… too many to remember. There are times though when I think of the photos…

  Garnetjewel

  May 26, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  American Pride, Clean Sweep, company, exceptional, Family, Godly Heritage, Grandpa, Great Lakes, images, life, love, memories, movies, navy, Papaw, photos, photos in time, pride, training, uniform, writing

• Memorial Day 2026

  Right after the movie “USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage” came out I bought it. The ship was named after the capital of my home state. It was also a true story although it was hollywood-ized for the big screen. This ship was on a secret mission that would assist in ending the 2nd theater of…

  Garnetjewel

  May 25, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family

  2026, black eyed susans, cemetery, Christ, Family, flowers, gravestone, history, home state, life, Memorial Day, perspective, remembrance, roses, scenes, ship, sign, souls, teach, USS Indianapolis, wasps, writing

• Music & Goosebumps…

  Last night was my niece’s Spring Concert. To be honest a little more communication was needed from all the staff to the parents. There are two locations on the campus where a Concert can be held and we were originally told it would be the High School Gym. Nope. It was the Elementary Gym, I…

  Garnetjewel

  May 15, 2026

  Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Musical Glory, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  chords, cousins, emotions, God, goosebumps, Greene County Band Festival, hiccups, illness, life, memories, music, pan drums, performance, performing, reviews, rock, stage fright, tears, writing, WRV

• My Pillow Phenomena

  Honestly I can’t really remember if this happened late in December or early this year. The timing doesn’t really matter though. What truly matters is that a lot was going on family wise in my family and in my church families. Sickness, surgery and death had taken place and it was a difficult time. My…

  Garnetjewel

  May 14, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

  challenge, Church Family, cousins, death, Evansville, Family, fiction, genealogy, healing, His/Hers, life, love, neighbors, pillows, sassy, sickness, snafus, surgery, thoughts, writing

• Our Surprise Blessings

  We have now had our big surprise for well over a week. So much has been going on and it’s a little crazy at times, but mostly good crazy. The reaction that my Mom and I had was reverberated in my niece and her cousins Friday and all weekend long. She made excuses to get…

  Garnetjewel

  May 13, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing

  animals, blessings, burdens, depression, dogs, Family, German Shepherd puppies, God, interactions, jesus, mysterious ways, pets, puppies, surprise, writing

• Poignant Weekends

  The day that was instrumental in my decision to once again share the intricacies God reveals behind a snapshot of a moment in my life. Two Saturdays ago was that day. So many things had to happen a certain way for me to have an open heart to appreciate the layered beauty of the Mother’s…

  Garnetjewel

  May 11, 2026

  Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

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• The Timing…

  Nothing about this week has been exactly normal. After Saturday I came to the realization that I wanted and needed to write again, but this radical change in our routine has made me alter a lot of decisions the last few days. Monday was supposed to be a post connecting me to my reaction from…

  Garnetjewel

  May 7, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

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• Surprise

  When I was thinking about my next article I was going to articulate the events of Saturday a little deeper. However, after starting my early bird routine something caught my eye on the way back from those duties. It was a bit startling to the usual morning atmosphere. Ever since Kodie Girl died a few…

  Garnetjewel

  May 4, 2026

  Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing

  animals, blessing, dogs, Ellie Mae Clampett, Family, life, pets, routine, sisters, writing

• The Idea of Godwinks… or God’s Gentle Nudges!

  It has been a long time… doubts and busyness have overtaken my thoughts and my time. I still can’t believe it’s May, nearly half of the year is now gone. During this entire time there has been an undercurrent to post, but my energy was depleted by the time I would have been able to…

  Garnetjewel

  May 3, 2026

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family

  banquet, busyness, fashion, footwear, Godwinks, hobbies, life, Mothers Day, shoes, style, writing

• God’s Will

  Wow the only place to start is the beginning. A week ago. Last Friday morning I left home with my parents fairly early to go to an appointment up at Terre Haute. Mom was getting some results from her stress test back from the week of Thanksgiving. It had been scheduled since the week before…

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  January 9, 2026

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

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