Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Memories”
Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago. ~Tom Baker My son and a couple of my granddaughters came to visit Saturday night and helped me decorate my Christmas tree. I’m not a tree in every room big Christmas decorator. And usually I’m not this early with …
Happy Father’s Day! My dad has been gone for over thirty years, but he is still here in my memories and my heart. He was a good dad. He worked hard on our farm and expected my sisters and me to do our part to help. I was the youngest child and should have been the boy I’m sure he …
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney Happy anniversary to my husband and to me. We’re celebrating many years together today. We’ve had a way of celebrating in some different ways some years and typical ways other years. So far we haven’t gone on cruises …
Have you heard the story about the little boy who went visiting for dinner? When he got home his mother asked him what he had to eat? He said they had a thousand things for dinner and every one of them a bean. I like beans. I’ve always liked soup beans even when I was a picky eater as a …
“Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.” ~Ellen Hopkins I hope you all had a merry and joyous Christmas with your families and friends. And if you couldn’t …
Sometimes Christmas celebrations with family can be bittersweet times when you miss the ones you love who are no longer here but are celebrating with Jesus in heaven. It was that way for my family this year as we lost two of our family unexpectedly last year. Both were in the prime of life …
And so we come to our last picture in need of your caption for the Caption Giveaway Contest. It doesn’t have to be the best caption or the worst. It doesn’t have to be long or short. It can be anything (as long as it’s nice) and get you an entry into my giveaway. I’ll pick three winners Sunday night …
Only a few days left to enter my Christmas giveaway. Deadline is midnight EST December 15th. First prize is this lovely Nativity set that would look great on your table this Christmas. The figures are made of wood and Mary is holding Jesus. The second prize is a Barbara Johnson daily calendar that could bring you smiles all year. Plus, …
Those of you who keep up with what goes on at my Facebook page know I’m always posting pictures of flowers I spot on my walks and other places. This summer I took the challenge of finding a new and different yellow flower to post every day. I made it for 31 consecutive days, only bending the rules a …
Occasionally it’s fun to let someone else do the work for me here on One Writer’s Journal. Sandi is making a guest appearance tonight with a tribute to her father who passed on to heaven on his birthday in September some years ago. But we never forget our moms and dad. Nor should we. I borrowed this picture from Sandi’s …