Remembering Decoration Day
As a little girl, the day we now call Memorial Day, was known as Decoration Day. I remember going, early on that day, to Crownland Cemetery, just a few blocks…
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Company is coming!
T-minus 8 days and counting. The Leonards are coming! The Leonards are coming! Yes, on Saturday the 27th at noon, the flight from Tampa arrives in Indy. On that flight…
A mother’s heartstrings and prayers
It is a prayer that I never thought I would pray . . . but I am praying it. “Lord, help Emily and Drew’s house to sell quickly.” You see,…
Chivalry, respect, taught by example
It was our first date. Chuck followed me to my side of his car. He opened the door. And from that point on I have come to realize just how…
Lessons in the drive thru
So it was this past Sunday when my granddaughter, Alecksa and I pulled into the drive thru at a fast food place to get my mom a Mexican Pizza (no…
About that giraffe . . .
The tee shirt reads, “I watched April during the entire month of March.” Who is April? And why is there a tee shirt about her? You see, in early March…
And on the Third Day…
And so it was on the third day, the Sunday after Jesus’ crucifixion, that the stone was found to be rolled away from the tomb. The veil at the temple…
Unforgettable . . . that’s what they were
Don Rickles passed away this week. You know, Mr. Warmth. I would guess to say that anyone age 50 or younger has no idea who that is. I was standing…
Lessons from Betty Crocker and Grandma Janet
Leah is four going on fourteen. She thinks she can do anything her brother or older cousins can do. So, on Saturday evening Leah came to my house and we…
Purple medicine, a cat clock and Dr. Kraft
Several times a week I pass by a large older house on the northwest corner of 10th and Cherry Streets. That house holds a lot of memories for not just…