Category: Family
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Jewels Being Dug Up
Reality hit me in the face this afternoon. About 2 months ago my first published article was on finding some family gems I had thought were lost. The feelings that seeing those pieces of my family history were overwhelming at the very least. Those tokens have revealed a different side of Grandpa I don’t really…
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Memorializing With Color
Family is precious and our memories will follow us wherever we go. My Grandpa Freddy spent time with his children and grandchildren teaching us about our family. Memorial Day was a special time for our family. Dinner would be eaten some of us would play, others talk and the rest would clean up the kitchen.…
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Banquets of 2023
For the first time in several years mom and I had 3 Celebrations of Mothers and the women in our lives. Grandma’s Church had been something a little different for their members. She has 5 daughters and each lady has their own church family. She may have at one time gone to her daughters churches…
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Autopilot in Robinson
Once we got over the horror of not having a little girl to spend time with through the weekend; a plot twist occurred. My brother didn’t even tell dad about this until Saturday. The day before this was all supposed to happen. Somehow my niece on a Face-time chat told us on Friday. Another Road-Trip…
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Unexpected Road Trip
God has a wonderful sense of humor. Do you ever set out thinking one way and then by the end of the process or the week it was completely a different way altogether? Last Tuesday was the bombshell news. Due to the very sad and divergent tendencies of the word divorce my brother gets his…
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Every Mile Reveals A Memory
Driving in the wrong direction, like we did, allowed us to have a family recollection time. According to mom the long drive was fun and just what we needed that Saturday. She may have been right considering what the next few miles of road would reveal to us. Little Nashville has happy memories for us…
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Driving In The Wrong Direction
We were on Highway 31, I wasn’t exactly paying attention to our precise route. Dad is always prepared and usually knows where to go. So when we left Greenwood I didn’t think about needing to be alert on our way home. After about maybe a good half hour or more, I’m not really sure, Dad…
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Embraced and Loved
A day or two ago I heard a comment from Dana Perino on the Five. She became even more relatable to me. She talked about how her beloved Grandfather influenced her life. Hearing those words took me to Grandpa Freddy, myself. To hear her give that personal statement was comforting in a way to know…
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Traveling Back to Memories
Today looking back at our road-trip another memory surfaced from last year at our current destination of our journey Saturday. So after the third bust of the day we decided to head homeward bound. Not being in this area very often and not being engaged in the GPS we missed something. Two memories have come…
Jewells of Thought 