A Child’s Art
Another of the poems in The Little Book of the Past by Josephine Preston Peabody is this one: Making a House First of all, I draw the Smoke Trailing up the sky; Then the Chimney, underneath; And Birds all flying…
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Asking for Your Prayers Again
Good Morning, Mamas. I haven’t given you an update on Ray for some time, but you have shown such kind concern that Ray wants me to tell you the latest in his health journey this year. In July Ray had…
Letting Children Blossom at Their Own Speeds
Good Morning, Mamas! If you have enjoyed my series on President Coolidge and would like to share the entire series with others, our son John has created a special page on my blog site with links to all nine articles.…
A Shy Person’s Words of Wisdom
Are any of your children shy? When our younger daughter was little, she used to hide behind my skirt when grownups from church talked to her. I assure you that this can change. Our younger daughter is Mary Evelyn, who…
Waiting for Daddy
On Friday I was fascinated while searching for photos that illustrate waiting. I was overwhelmed by the thousands of pictures in the holdings of the Library of Congress that have the word wait in the title. This one was particularly…
Waiting for Fun
About this time last year, I shared the following story: One day when our children were young, I was standing in our tiny kitchen in Illinois talking on the phone, while our little Mary Evelyn waited eagerly for me to…