May you notice many of God’s blessings on this Memorial Day. Since I have been writing about World War II lately, I’d like to share some photos of a Memorial Day remembrance that took place in 1943 in Ashland, Maine.…
My friend Susan introduced Ray and me to her loving, giving, heroic friend Margie and Margie’s sweet sister Robbie. When Robbie became unable to live alone, she and Margie moved in together. Now Margie takes tender care of her 90-year-old…
Let me introduce you to my friend Sue Ellen Demonbreun Watts. Sue Ellen and I became fast friends after we met in 2017. We share faith in Jesus, a love of history, and a common ancestor, Timothy Demonbreun. We are…
When Ray and I pulled up to Dollar General on Sunday night, I noticed these pretty roses on the hillside at the back of the parking lot the store shares with a small office strip. I don’t know if these…
Mended Hearts® is a peer-support group for patients and their families. A cardiologist founded the organization in 1951. The chapter in nearby Cookeville, Tennessee, provides churches (and other organizations as well, I think) free Automated External Defibrillators when at least…
After I wrote the first post about the Tennessee Maneuvers last week, a friend and daily blog reader wrote to me about her own memories of the maneuvers. While she was growing up during World War II in Springfield, Tennessee,…
