A Breakfast Serenade
For 27 years, Ray and I have enjoyed the music our son John creates from the guitar he received for Christmas 27 years ago. We cherish the memory of the moments we relished yesterday while he serenaded his mom and…
Category Mama Joys
That’s My Boy!
The annual Granville Country Christmas celebration is scheduled for this coming Saturday in Granville, Tennessee. Ten years ago, Ray and I took our then three-year-old granddaughter to this annual celebration. A twelve-member choir, all dressed in red, performed a faith-filled…
Having a Big Time While Holding Little Hands
My mother used to describe an especially exciting experience as a big time, as in: “We sure did have a big time!” I had a big time last weekend when I made six trips to Santa’s Workshop, the craft fair…
Celebrating Children
Over the years, I have shared the art of Helen Hyde several times. Hyde was a printmaker, an illustrator, and a painter who created beautiful depictions of children and of mothers and children. I have shared A Summer Girl, The…
Getting Into Mischief
Louis Maurer was born in Germany in 1832. The Maurer family, which included five children, moved to the United States in 1851 when Louis was 19. Louis was multitalented. He played the flute well, was an expert marksman, and had…
Enjoy Your Surprises Today
I came across this photo several weeks ago on the Library of Congress website. Around 1946, photographer C. M. Stieglitz took this picture of cartoonist Roberta MacDonald drawing while her 15-month-old daughter, Patricia, watched her. MacDonald was a cartoonist for…