Grandparents – A Family Treasure

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Grandparents are a family’s greatest treasure, the founders of a loving legacy, The greatest storytellers, the keepers of traditions that linger on in cherished memory. Grandparents are the family’s strong foundation. Their very special love sets them apart. Through happiness and sorrow, through their special love and caring, grandparents keep a family close at heart. ~Unknown Source Did you know last …

Summertime and Whippoorwills

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  It could mean many things, according to the wealth of myth surrounding this night flyer. The note of the whippoorwill borne over the fields is the voice with which the woods and moonlight woo me. –Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), American Writer Summer is sliding past. School has started here in my county. Much earlier than it used to when I …

1st Sunday Devotional – Our “Amazing” Grace

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We had homecoming at our little country church today. We celebrated 210 years as a body of believers. To get a feeling of how long ago people gathered to establish Goshen Baptist Church, James Madison was the 4th president of our United States and the country was fighting the War of 1812. I love Homecoming Day because I get to …

Grandparents’ Day

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Did you celebrate Grandparents Day last Sunday? It’s not widely known celebrated. That’s because most of the time we celebrate grandmothers along with mothers on Mothers Day and grandfathers along with fathers on Fathers Day. But having a special day for us grandparents is nice. The idea for USA-based Grandparents Day originated with a woman in West Virginia. Marian McQuade’s …

A Heart Full of Memories

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“And that’s when I heard the whisper in my heart’s ear: “It’s not about your childhood. It’s about who you are!” ― C. JoyBell C. What do you remember about when you were a kid? I don’t remember much before school age. Just a few rare memories from very young ages. We drove to Oregon on a family trip when …

What Momisms did your Mom Say?

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Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.  ~Pearl S. Buck I’m still thinking about Moms. And why not? Don’t you thing a mom deserves a week of special thoughts and memories. Someone on my Facebook page last week said she thought we should change …