One hundred years ago today my grandparents-in-law, Earl and Maggie Notgrass, became the parents of a little boy, the only child they would ever have. They named him Wesley Biddle Notgrass. Wesley grew up in Columbia, Tennessee, where his daddy…
Now that we are back home from New Harmony, Indiana, I have some thoughts about our trip. First of all, we had a great time. We love to go there for several reasons, including these: We have sweet memories of…
Ray and I woke up in one of our favorite places this morning. Last year we got pushed out of town on our anniversary because all our plumbing had to be flushed to kill ecoli! This year we decided to end our…
On Saturday Ray and I took our three-year-old granddaughter to nearby Granville, Tennessee, for the annual Country Christmas celebration. A twelve-member choir, all dressed in red, performed a faith-filled program in the little United Methodist Church. I like to go inside this pretty white building…
My family was part of a country church when I was very young. We met in a little white building with wooden theater seats that creaked when people moved, especially us little ones. Once a year we had a “dinner on the…
Last Wednesday morning in our ladies Bible class, we read passages about being thankful. In between the readings, I asked each lady to share memories about things they were grateful for about 1) their mothers, 2) a teacher, and 3) a…
