Tag: Family
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Community
Who has been watching or observing the supposed controversy over Jason Aldean’s new song debuted in May? Most of regular America loves this song and the sense of American Small Town Communities. Today I personally witnessed my Community comforting and praying for me after I was afraid of not getting my writing done at all…
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A Prayer of Praise
Heavenly Gracious Lord, You have given us a miracle. The heart is so fragile and meticulous to fix and yet when the doctors have no answers you have shown through their gaps. Nothing about life has been promised to be easy; you have never given us such a promise. Prayer is a powerful tool, Lord,…
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1903
This man was brought into the world at the turn of this new century. So much was happening and on the cusp in this 20th Century. This young boy ended up being in the newspaper quite a bit while growing up into a young man. To make this easier, today is my Great-Grandpa Arla’s Birthday.…
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Walking Through History In Letters
Dates are always going off in my head. July 23, 1944 is one of those ‘days of infamy’ in my mind. So this year as usual dates of the letters come to mind when the dates circle round. Today Monday, 17, 2023 is on a Monday like it was in 1944 when Grandpa penciled two…
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Summer School at OCU
My college life was really unique. I began college right after graduating from high school, but realized a Catholic Campus wasn’t right for me after all. So then working a job for most of that semester and saving up I was able to start college for the Spring Semester. Maybe this course a year later…
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Roller Coaster of Life
I am no longer a spring chicken, nor am I too old to not want specific things in my life. Timing is the key I suppose. God needed me to experience college life and different jobs on top of being the farmers daughter. The one dream of my youth never fulfilled becoming a farmer’s wife.…
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A younger Generation…
The other night I finally got a chance to spend some time on the typewriter. It was special for me to get to experience something that used to be so common. Watching enough World War II movies with the secretaries of the War Department on their typewriters typing paperwork and letters for American families with…
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1906
This is your life. Born July 13, 1906 in Greene Co.. Not a farmer’s daughter. Professional medical care was by Dr. Jackson, Pleasantville, Ind. at 25 cents per visit. Some of your education was in one and two room schools. You went to school in a wagon pulled by two horses. During this time your…
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Summer School With a Twist
By the timestamp on my paperwork for my class, my one summer course was taken in 2005. This was a very trying and overwhelming year for our family. It was the year of Firsts. The first planting season without Grandpa all of the firsts you can think of we went through all of them. I…
Jewells of Thought 