Tag: grandma

• God’s Will

  Wow the only place to start is the beginning. A week ago. Last Friday morning I left home with my parents fairly early to go to an appointment up at Terre Haute. Mom was getting some results from her stress test back from the week of Thanksgiving. It had been scheduled since the week before…

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  January 9, 2026

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

  Christian, christianity, Church Family, faith, Family, God, grandma, heaven, jesus, Lord, messages, mourning, preacher, savior, shocked, unexpectedly, viewing

• Celebrations of Life

  The past week has been a myriad of emotions when I think of the death of Charlie Kirk and my Grandma’s 99th birthday. The profound sadness I was engulfed in especially last Wednesday and Thursday was punctured when I got the message that Ericka Kirk was speaking to the World on Friday night. Only 2…

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  September 20, 2025

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing

  99 years old, celebrations of life, Charlie Kirk, christians, Erika Kirk, faith, Family, grandma, Great Grandma, Great Grandpa, life, love, martyr, memories, prayer, widow

• A Beautiful Morning

  My weather app says it’s 40 degrees right now it’s supposed to be partly cloudy. However, the sun is out and I can see the sun’s rays filling the sky. It’s a beautiful site for today, even though I am still not exactly awake. For some personal reasons I didn’t get very much sleep last…

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  February 6, 2025

  American Heritage, Family

  coughing, cousins, Family, family business, Farm Business, Ford Truck, grandma, Grandpa, grandparents, house, last phone call, life, memories, oldie, phone call, photos, poetry, reminders, resides, sneezing, travel, weather, writing

• Sunday With Longfellow

  Goodness not quite a month ago was Thanksgiving Day. Though it does feel like a long month ago. On that very night on Great American Family the true story of Longfellow’s poem was debuted. Simply called “I Heard The Bells.” This moving film was broadcast with no commercials. This was also the day my parents…

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  December 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections

  accompaniment, boundaries, butterflies, Christ, Christmas, church, Civil War, despair, experiences, faith, Family, God, grandma, Hymnal Song, I Heard The Bells, Longfellow, loss, peace, performances, poem, poetry, recorded, solo, Sunday morning, Thanksgiving Day, yesterday

• Memories…25 Years Ago

  Tonight was choir practice at my Grandparents Church. The Pleasantville Church, will always, as long as I live, have that title for me. We ran through the entire lineup as well as missing a couple of the people necessary to complete the performance. Before we even began singing all of us ladies ended up playing…

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  December 9, 2024

  Family, God’s Timing

  25 year ago, cantatas, chapters, choir, choirs, Christmastime, church, churches, crying, death, December 12 1999, faith, Family, focus, forgotten, God, grandma, Grandpa, landline, manuscript, memories, music, mystery, news, practice, presentations, sources, stroke, vivid

• Sunday Thoughts…

  Saturday gave us a white blanket of snow here in Sullivan County. The amounts of precipitation are anywhere from a dusting to maybe a quarter of an inch to maybe an inch. Yet it was so pretty to look at while driving was another thing especially as the night wore on. My parents had to…

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  December 2, 2024

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  advent, apartment, choir, choir practice, church, driving, Family, grandma, snow, streets

• Saying Goodbye…

  Yesterday was a beautiful and yet bittersweet day. It wasn’t long after Grandpa Leo died that the Pleasantville Preacher moved on. I don’t remember all of the specifics I was 13 nearly a month away from my 14th birthday. This year after listening to some of the ladies who actually know the details and specifics…

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  November 25, 2024

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

  250th Birthday, bittersweet, choir, choir practice, church, Church Family, cousins, desserts, dinners, Family, food, God, grandma, life, moments, November, Preachers, recollection, saying goodbye, thanksgiving, weekends, White House

• My Church Community

  Growing up I saw this community in action. My grandparents, on both sides of my family, were at the forefront of those activities. Seeing their example was the best thing for me and my siblings and cousins to watch through the years. The past couple of weeks have been a bit stressful. Too many things…

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  November 14, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections

  205 years, bible, cantatas, christianity, church, Church community, faith, grandma, grandparents, grateful, His timing, jesus, music, Pleasantville, practice, special

• The Good & Bad News

  Today was my appointment with my podiatrist. It took under two months to get into him this time. He is a very busy doctor. I took it as a good sign when I got called back into the room before my paperwork was done. That wasn’t actually a good sign though. Once we got back…

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  October 28, 2024

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

  appointments, blessed, bones, cancellations, droves, election, Family, grandma, Haitians, health, information, insurance, issues, January, lengthening bones, libby, life, limping, love, paperwork, patients, podiatrist, sessions, shaving bones, surgery, therapy, writing

• What A Perspective!

  So not too long before our Bishop Reunion I got a request. This was a very special request from a young girl. A girl who was about to turn the big Birthday of 10. Our Sunday afternoons at Grandma’s, her Great-Grandma’s has been quite a journey for us. Watching her grow up to this age…

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  September 30, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, Women

  10, adaptability, apartment, biased, Christmas, cousins, cross-stitch, diamond painting, Disney, emotional, Family, finishing, grandma, Grandma’s, grandparents, Great-Grandma’s, hands, hobbies, life, nervous, photos, pillows, reactions, requests, responses, stitching, Sundays, tractor