Learning from “Old School”
Ray is such a wonderful dictionary Yesterday, as I was thinking about what I wanted to share with you today, I asked him for a C. S. Lewis quote about the importance of knowing history. I didn’t remember a single…
Category Generation to Generation
Being the Family Glue
This past Sunday I was holding our youngest grandchild during the song following Ray’s sermon. This grandson is six months old. Ray was standing in front of the pews, facing the congregation. He was directly in front of us. Our…
Helen’s Mama Treated Her Family Like Company
I miss Helen, a sweet sister in Christ who passed away several months ago. Several years ago, in our Wednesday ladies’ Bible class, Helen shared a memory of her mother. With a beautiful smile and with emotion, Helen said that,…
Little Flower, Who Had Learning Challenges That No One Ever Knew
For my post today, I have rewritten a post I wrote six years ago. I wrote it after a mama called to talk about her daughter with learning challenges. The girl was in 7th grade, as I recall, and her…
Staying in the Family Business
Ray and I looked like this 47 years ago when we made our first visit to Hinkle Chair Company. That time we were engaged and in need of our first table and chairs. My Aunt Nan and Uncle Jerry had…
I Get to Choose
Yesterday a mama told me that one of her early realizations after she began to homeschool was that her family had more family time. More family time was one of the greatest blessings homeschooling gave to our family. I cherish…