Month: May 2015

I had rarely been in a church until I was in high school,.  This didn’t mean my spiritual house was not in order.  My father was very strict, especially in religious matters. The reason I hadn’t been in any church was because we didn’t have one in our community.  What we had was country high…continue reading »

Of all the Christmases that I remember in more than eighty years, several have left an impression that have stayed with me for a lifetime. One in particular, and maybe the one that has had the greatest impact, occurred when I was eight years old, on Christmas Eve, 1937. I don’t think I have ever…continue reading »

May always had a great influence over me.  No, not the lady, the month.  It was the beginning of life for another year when everything was fresh, green and young.  It somewhat reminded me a little of myself – another chance for a new beginning in trying to do something right or at least a…continue reading »

Before making the decision to explore your genealogy, take into consideration that if you go back far enough, you more than likely will encounter information that can be disturbing, eventful and surprising. For me, a surprise discovery is that way out on one of the branches on our family tree, (a twig actually) you find…continue reading »

We always took all of our meals, breakfast, dinner and supper, in the dining room.  Our kitchen wasn’t large enough to allow the seven members of our family to sit around the “Old Oak Table.”   We always sat in same chairs and same place.   I was always seated beside my mother.  The table was round,…continue reading »