Category: Modern American History

• A Bittersweet Moment Rectified

  Last year at Thanksgiving I was fed up. It was one of my many times being fed up… I was just confused and uncertain of what this long-distance relationship had turned into. The ultimatum was coming from me. Work was not a comfortable place for me only a couple of people I could confide in…

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  December 15, 2023

  God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  building, confused, couples, God’s grace, God’s will, long-distance relationship, love, march, numb, rectifying, relationships, silver lining, struggles, sweetness, ultimatum

• Day 15 Star of Wonder

  She most definitely delivered an uplifting lesson today. How incredible to be the first human being that God sends His angel to after the 400 Silent Years? Instead though, Zechariah like Sara, back in Genesis at her old age didn’t know how to believe what was said. Why do we tend to see with our…

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  December 15, 2023

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

  advent, angel of God, baby, bible, church, Church community, Elizabeth, failures, Genesis, God, God’s will, influence, jesus, John the Baptist, mute, negativity, reminders, Zechariah

• Devotion Day #14

  Today’s topic is the Maccabbees, Mattathias was tested by a Seleucid official to eat pork a restrictedfood for the Jews and to make an offereing to a pagan god. This man killed the representative making a bold stance and emboldening his 5 sons to do likewise and take up the side of righteousness. Judah was…

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  December 14, 2023

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, World History

  400 years of silence, bible, bible-study, Christian devotional, Christmas, devotion, Egypt, hanukkah, Hasmonean Era, Herod the Great, historians, Israel, jesus, Judah’s Wife, maccabees, Mariamne, Mattathias, Pharisees, Sadducees

• Cleaning Time Finds

  Monday when I began cleaning up a literal storm I found a few things. Some clothes I forgot existed and some odds and ends hiding in various corners of boxes. It was kind of funny, but nice to find some things I realized I really missed and needed. Cross-Stitch was not just busybody work for…

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  December 13, 2023

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

  Ancient Egypt, bible, cleaning, cross-stitch projects, doomed, elite schools, finds, history, King Tut, male babies, Moses, projects, rage, reading, students, World History

• 24 Years Later… Thoughts

  Today through the years has always been a measuring stick of sorts for me. I thought for certain I would have a finished book by the 20 year mark and that didn’t happen. Now we are at the 24 years later. Grandpa has now been gone longer than I had actual time with him. This…

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  December 12, 2023

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

  24 years later, childhood, experiences, Family, finished book, Grandpa, historian, history, houses, ice cream, irony, letters, overwhelming, personal, predicaments, professors, selling

• Emotional Day Equals Cleaning Day

  There is a lot to say… its Christmastime… the 12th is a big day in my memory… lots of things are happening… and we have officially put my Grandparents house for sale as of Friday. For me it’s a lot to compute A lot of emotions have been bubbling up this year all because of…

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  December 11, 2023

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

  a house full of memories, anxiety, cherished moments, cleaning, devotional, dishwashing, emotions, family chaos, family memories, healing, inspiration, Lester Farm, love, mental-health, saws, saying goodbye, writing

• December

  The first week of Christmas has already disappeared. What happened? How is it that it’s Friday the 8th. The Christmas Program is over and tomorrow is Grandma’s Church Program. It just doesn’t seem possible for that to be the next item on the Christmas list. I do think they have moved it up a week…

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  December 8, 2023

  Bible Reflections, Family, Modern American History

  cards, choir, Christmas, Church Program, crying, emotions, Family, family mannerisms, holes, letters, life, loving, observations, Pearl Harbor, prayer, reading, School Christmas Program, stroke, writing

• Social Media Buzz

  There are so many topics this week that have been buzzing. My number 1 would be the outlandish remarks of hopefully ex-Presidents of some Ivy League Schools. The arrogance of all three women… absolutely vile themselves. Here we are in 2023 these Universities have women Presidents that in itself is a modern advancement and honor…

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  December 8, 2023

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

  airman, children, Christian school kids, Congressional hearings, empathy, Ivy league schools, liberal women, OCU, office suite, Presidents, relationships, safety, secretaries, students, surgeries, women-in-society

• 1941 Speech to Congress

  Eighty-two years ago President Franklin Roosevelt very articulately spoke to Congress, Americans and the World. Looking back at my time at OCU my senior year I wrote a paper about this very man. Some of my research showed me Roosevelt himself let this attack happen in order to step into war. This was a new…

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  December 8, 2023

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  American History, attack, broccoli, charisma, Christmas attack, Crane, day of infamy, Democrats, Family, franklin-d-roosevelt, Hawaii, isolationism, kansas, manipulate, missouri, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor the Movie, polio, stirring speech, wisdom teeth

• A Day To Remember

  Exactly 82 years ago America was attacked by the Japanese. Very few people alive today remember that day. Grandma Betty told me she was in her home, the kitchen and she remembered how cold it was that day here in Indiana. She heard about it first over the radio that day. Of course I never…

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  December 7, 2023

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  barbaric, correspondence, day of infamy, faith, Family, Governor Bannon, October 7, parenting, Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, radios, September 11, terrorism, terrorist attacks