Delight in the Works of the Lord
From the tiniest of God’s creations . . . . . . to the most awe-inspiring, . . . God proclaims His creative power every day . . . . . . all day long. Here in Ray’s and my…
Category History
Presidents and the Origin of Father’s Day
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first Mother’s Day presidential proclamation in 1914. The popularity of Mother’s Day grew quickly. Father’s Day had a much slower start. Fifty-two years passed before the first presidential…
Remembering Our Daddies on Memorial Day
Fred Rogers of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” had a practice of thanking God for the people in his life who had passed away. I am thankful today for my daddy and my husband’s daddy, both of whom were veterans. Neither of…
A Week for Looking Up
Last week was a week for looking up. It was also a week that my Daddy might have called “weatherish.” Daddy loved words and making up words. One of his words was weatherish. On Monday God sent clouds to water…
Dwight Eisenhower and His Brothers Honor Their Mother
Yesterday I shared stories about President Dwight Eisenhower’s family, especially about his mother, Ida. Today I want to share how Eisenhower honored his mother in her old age and how he remembered and honored her after she passed away. Even…
Ida Eisenhower, Mother of a Future President
Learning how other mamas have lived with their families gives us mothers at least two types of lessons. Sometimes we learn new ideas to try with our own families, and sometimes we receive warnings about what to resist at all…