In a 1976 speech, President Gerald Ford said: There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and to protect. What a beautiful description of the multi-generational family commitment: fathers and…
Christmas is a time for visiting. On Christmas Eve in 1930, little Kitty Murray and Harry G. Holme, both 6 years old, visited President Herbert Hoover’s grandchildren, Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover III, who were visiting their grandparents at the…
I recently had a delightful phone conversation with a homeschooling mama I have not met before. I’ll call her Alison. As we chatted about her homeschooling question, Alison mentioned that her father works on cars and that her 12-year-old son…
Before I begin my message for today, I want to share a new free resource from Notgrass History called Celebrate the Savior. You’ll find free downloads of Christmas activities for your family, including a Christmas carol coloring book and a…
Ray and I were born between 1946 and 1964, which means that we are Baby Boomers. Our son was born near the end of Generation X, the generation born between 1965 and 1980. Our daughters were born near the beginning…
I enjoy my involvement with the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society, which honors and preserves the memory of my French Canadian fur trapping ancestor, often called the first resident of Nashville, Tennessee. The society, made up mostly of us very distant…
