Tag: Family

• Christmas Tidings

  What do you usually do for Christmas with your family? How has it changed for you as you have grown up? Have you created new traditions? Cooking and baking have been a big factor in my family traditions. Also becoming the Chief Elf for Grandma Rosemary was exciting and fun to find the Stocking Stuffers…

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  December 19, 2023

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

  books, China Wok, Chocolate Fudge, Christmas, Christmas fun, Christmas Goodies, Christmas Tidings, exciting, Family, family time, food, fudge, important, locating papers, photos, plans, shopping, travel

• Heading To A Celebration

  How does mourning hit you? When you least expect it right? I am already emotional so there are times I feel like a bundle of nerves. Dad drove us past Grandma Betty’s house going on 58 South to Sandborn and then on to Elnora. On the way to Elnora I realized Dad was taking I-69.…

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  December 17, 2023

  Spontaneity At It’s Best, Women

  birthday, celebration, crying, driving, echoes in my mind, Evansville, events, evoking memories, Family, flashback, Grandma’s house, highways, I-69, memories, memory, mourning, nostalgia, Sunday Afternoons, traveling, windows, writing

• Celebrating a Once In A Life-Time Moment

  The restaurant was Biaggi’s down in Evansville. It was wonderful food and a beautiful space. Do you see the ledge of the hearth on the fireplace remember that as you read more! The Alsman Family hasn’t been together like this in years. Of the 3 Alsman children Maxine, Horace and Fred one died at the…

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  December 16, 2023

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

  100th Birthday, amazing food, birthday celebration, Family, family ties, family-history, genealogy, generations, history, love, memories, moments, multiple generations, precious time, wonderful lady

• A Family Celebration

  Tonight I didn’t write my last article until now because Mom and I have been busy with Christmas Cards for my family. Cousins we have not seen in years will be here for this Celebration. My Great Aunt Margaret will be turning 100 on Sunday. Such an amazing feat in itself plus we are trying…

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  December 15, 2023

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

  100 year old, aunts & uncles, birthdays, Carlisle, celebrations, cousins, Family, family love, family memories, memories, Pleasantville

• A Funny Frustrating Night

  Last night ended up being chaotic and a tiny bit funny. Unfortunately a little fur creature was in the bathroom yesterday. We have three bathrooms and I can say it was not mine. Dad had apparently declared it ‘boiled’ when he himself left for work. Once he was gone it was quite certain the thing…

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  December 13, 2023

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Uncategorized

  bathroom, bedtime, chaos, crazy night, door banging, door ringing, Family, fiction, frustration, funny, furry creatures, keys, life, lost keys, night, sleep, story

• Devotional Catch Up

  Starting with Chapter 8 Angela delves into the various prophecies succumbing around the Nativity narrative. Her reflections and knowledge has brought about new perspective and clarity for those of us in this discussion group. Honestly, with nearly 200 members it’s hard to have a real discussion. However, she adds on to her thoughts from the…

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  December 12, 2023

  Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing, World History

  betrothal, catch-up, Chapters of prophecy, Christ, Christmas devotion, devotional, Family, Gentiles, God, Israel, lineage, Messiah, passages, prophecy, timing

• 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

• What Tree?

  Dad tends to want to wait until the last minute when it comes to our Christmas tree. If it was up to me or Mom we would get it the day after Thanksgiving. As you could guess that makes for some interesting years. Since both have happened in the last 10 years or so. The…

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  December 9, 2023

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  attention, Christmas, christmas trees, Christmassy, Decorating, decorations, elf-magic, Family, gratitude, holiday-magic, huh?, hydrate, living room, small

• 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

• 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