Tag: Family

• Valentines Day Story #2

  One year not very long after Grandpa Freddy died a new movie came out. According to the date this movie came out nearly 6 years after his death. I still remember the Hallmark Movie being on a CBS Special Presentation. Dad and I initially watched it together that night. Mom I think fell asleep before…

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  February 14, 2024

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

  2011, articles, comfort food, death, Family, food, friends, grandma, interaction, life, love, memories, movies, routines, Special Presentation, uncles, Valentines, Valentines Day Stories, writing

• Valentines Day Stories

  A little less than a week before Valentines Day I had been scheduled to have my very first surgery. It was one that shouldn’t have happened… but it did. What scared me and freaked me out was just a little bump that ended up being a benign fibrous tissue a cyst that was infected and…

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  February 13, 2024

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

  achiness, blog, Family, Grandma’s, health, icing, life, special times, surgeries, surgery, tired, uncles, Valentines Day Stories

• What were your parents doing at your age?-Writing Prompt

  Farming. It was our life and our livelihood. They had three kids and I wouldn’t have been quite a teenager as of yet. We as the Alsman Family were closer when we farmed. Grandpa Freddy was our rock and our foundation as a family. He kept us glued together. He prayed for us and with…

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  February 13, 2024

  Writing Prompt

  dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1847, death, Family, grandparents, history, memories

• Sunday Night Thoughts

  It has been quite the weekend. Most of my Saturday was working on the other part of my special project. However, it seems like when it rains it pours and lately it is pouring down cats and dogs around here. We somehow still have stink bugs around here and bugs that we have sprayed and sprayed…

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  February 11, 2024

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  bible, blog, butterflies, church, Church Family, epsom bath, faith, Family, fiction, Glenburn, ice water, irritated foot, poetry, scalding water, Sunday Night Thoughts, vain, washer

• My Surprise Project

  Since January I have been formulating ideas for not only a baby girl, but for my Preacher’s family. I didn’t get them all finished but the baby is not due for a little while which gives me a little bit of time. Some distractions didn’t allow me to finish in the time-frame I could very…

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  February 9, 2024

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

  babies, baby, Baby Shower, cross-stitch, distractions, excitement, Family, fun, motherhood, musical notes, parenting, pregnancy, presents, wrapping paper

• Roller-Coaster of Emotions

  Today, February 6th is a day I don’t often forget. It is as woven into my heart as December 12th of 1999. The days that my Grandpas died. As I have said it has felt like a lot for one morning. The 19th anniversary, finding out about Toby Keith’s passing from yesterday and then is…

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  February 6, 2024

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

  19 years, Anniversary, classic movies, cousins, death, emotions, Family, Grandpa, grandparents, grandpas, life, lyrics, masculinity, passion, sandwiches, undercurrent

• Parent Time

  Today I spent the morning with my Dad. Both of my parents had appointments in different directions. My brother was all too happy to go with Mom and so I went with Daddy. Mom just had therapy, but Dad was having a checkup on his eyes. This morning I was unsure what to expect of…

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  February 6, 2024

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

  appointments, dad, Family, fathers, grandfathers, life, love, memories, Parents, roller-coaster, therapy, time, togetherness, Veterans

• After Church Thoughts

  Lately I have been writing less on Saturdays. Letting myself go with the flow and doing some cross-stitching projects that are for specific times. It has been somewhat fun getting back into this creative fissure once again I had put it away for quite a while. It is nice to not be on my laptop…

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  February 4, 2024

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

  church, Church Ministries, cousins, death, Family, God, Grandpa, life, Lord, message, Saturdays, Sunday, Sunday School, testimony

• Significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective?-Writing Prompt

  I believe I have been answering this question with both of my Grandfathers deaths for nearly 20 years. This week literally is the 19th marking of Grandpa Freddy’s death at our church after giving his final testimony on this earth. Tuesday, February 6th has been an emotional roller coaster for me. It took several years…

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  February 4, 2024

  Writing Prompt

  dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1838, Family, Grandpa, life, love, memories

• Observing Midwest Common Folk

  I love this photo. My Grandpa’s in conversation with a few other people. Plus my Uncle Horace is in the original photo. Different hotspot though this was at a wedding. Due to some unforeseen circumstances I ended up driving my Uncle to breakfast and Mom came with us. This is unusual. We normally eat at…

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  February 2, 2024

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  breakfast, buddies, conversations, cooking, couples, eating, Family, food, friends, hotspot, memories, men, midwest folk, observant, photo, recipes