Tag: Grandpa

• Grandpa’s

  Two Saturdays ago Mom and I went to a baby shower. It was for a cousin and the paternal grandmother of this baby is my Dad’s first cousin. This was such a beautiful day and a wonderful celebration for these two families to welcome this baby before the birth. During this couple of hours I…

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  November 13, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

  Baby Shower, candidate, celebrations, church, death, Election Day, Family, granddaughter, Grandpa, grandparents, grandpas, Home Depot, life, love, patriotic, presents, relationships, trump, Trump hat, understanding, voting

• Wishing For ESP

  Well it happened again, no internet from around noontime to about 5 pm Friday night. You would think as many times as this has happened I should be able to have some extra sensory perception as to when the next one might happen right! Well maybe not. I try to make myself busy one way…

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  September 9, 2024

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  AD-HD, babysitting, Birthday Album, challenges, cooking, cutouts, dice, face time, flag, Friday, fun, Grandpa, head-butt, internet outage, kids, mature, mozzarella sticks, piano, pizza, playing, schedules, technology, tickled pink, Wi-fi, Yahtzee

• Interview

  What does this word mean and what kind of word is it? Let’s start with what kind of word it is first. While looking at the Merriam-Webster Dictionary it states that it is not just a noun but also a verb. Which means it is a thing, place, idea, person, animal, action or quality. Plus…

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  August 29, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

  accounts, camera, conversations, Grandpa, Harris, interviews, losses, messages, Navy Veterans, policies, politics, purpose, questions, recorder, tragic, uncles, Veterans, Walz

• 2024 State Fair

  There have been a handful or less years where our family has not gone annually to the Great Fair. It has always been a staple for the Alsman Family since before I was born. There was just no question we were going to the Fair each year. Of course, most of us also were in…

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  August 20, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

  childhood, Dairy Barn, family trips, Grandpa, grandparents, Grays Brothers, influence, memories, pork tent, snacks, State Fair, Swine Building, Taste of Indiana, together, tractor rides

• The Strength of America

  Watching the 3rd day of the Republican National Convention has been emotional. More so than the past 2 days. Each day the Everyday Americans have been inspirational stories told. This third night though tears keep coming from the different guests and their truly amazing and unique stories. So many priceless moments tonight in this lineup…

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  July 17, 2024

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

  American flags, connections, Family, Gold-Star families, granddaughters, Grandpa, grandparents, guests, life, love, memories, military, moments, nomination, overflowing love, president, RNC, speeches, strength, trump

• Remembering

  Last night I had to came to a decision. After posting my one article of the day I thought I would have another one. Still I promised I would get to bed earlier than the previous two nights. I wanted to post my thoughts for these big anniversaries today. For 84 years Rosemary Alsman was…

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  June 6, 2024

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  aircraft, birthday, birthdays, celebrations, college, D-Day, faith, Family, flood of 2008, floods, grandma, Grandpa, historic events, life, love, McKinleys, memories, projects, Red Lobster, restaurant, safety, sewing machines

• A Photo Album

  Over a month ago one of my Aunts asked me if I would make a picture album for Grandma. She said she was trying to do it herself and then… she got to thinking. She knew I had some quote, “fancy tools” to work with. I am certain she would have made something very well…

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  May 6, 2024

  American Heritage, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  1965, allergies, emotions, Family, grandma, Grandpa, handwriting, images, love, mother, photo albums, photography, photos, poem, priceless, property, scenes, technology

• My Leisure Reading

  Sunday morning I made up my mind about my current read. I had a few seconds to quickly decide between two books. In the end the one that won was a book I have read before. Actually as I opened the book I saw a tally. I don’t think it’s accurate though. The markings specified…

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  May 1, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Women, World History

  bible, book-review, book-reviews, books, characters, christianity, Czechoslovakia, decision, emotional, favorite author, God, Grandpa, historical fiction, interaction, Leisure Reading, location, POW, reading, Theresienstadt

• Saying Goodbye… Is Still Difficult!

  Last year my Grandma moved out of her house that she had lived in since 1965. It was no simple or easy task to go through this house with thousands of memories and treasures within its walls. The fortunate silver lining about this experience is the fact Grandma is still alive and we can still…

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  April 24, 2024

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

  blog, conversations, death, decisions, energetic, experience, Family, goodbye, grandma, Grandpa, life, love, photos, questions, realtors, responsibilities, siblings, tasks

• Emotional Troubles

  The past twenty-four hours have been long and emotionally exhausting. One text message from the man I love sent me into a tizzy. Not to forget that I have been writing articles about my Grandma this week because of the leading up to today. I even made Mom tear up when she read ‘A Remembrance.’…

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  March 20, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  24 hours, 4 years, boyfriends, Christ, death, frustrating, grandma, Grandpa, messages, nursing home, restrictions, sting, tears, troubles