Tickled Mamas
My grandmother and great-grandmothers on my daddy’s side were all called Mama Something. Daddy’s mother was Mama Sue; his two grandmothers were Mama Boyd and Mama Head. I loved all of them very much. A special memory of Mama Sue…
Category Inspiring Stories
A Trip Around the World
Africa, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea–these were the places where we “traveled” on Wednesday afternoons, courtesy of an elderly gentleman in our congregation. When Ray preached in Cookeville, Tennessee, we became quick friends with one of our elders, Ray Kinslow, a…
Thinking Like a Child
As I was getting ready this morning, I was thinking (again!) about losing weight. It prompted a memory of a cute thing Mary Evelyn said when she was little. When she was around four, people made lots of comments about…
Thank You, God, for Memories
I have been dreading June 2 this year, because of what our family went through one year ago this coming Sunday. That was when we joined a group of people that we didn’t want to join, the group of people…
Face Time
After the Last Supper, Jesus and His disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus told most of them to sit and pray, before taking Peter, James, and John with Him. Then He left them, too, and went a little…
Laura Fans
We made it! It’s been a very long journey, but we made it! Ray and I have now been to every place that Laura Ingalls Wilder lived. It took us seventeen years. Our family loves the books. Ray read them…