In the past six years I have three new joys added to my life who I am so thankful for. L, the one on my left, F the one on my right and E the one in my lap. In 2016 L, my first grand-baby boy was born. The second one, F was born in … More Thankful for My Grandchildren
I have two sons and daughters for whom I am very thankful. My first son, M was born after a 4 year long wait. He was the center of my life for many years during many rough times and through most of my husband’s health problems. While he was a baby I worked night shift … More Thankful For My Sons and Daughters
I am thankful for my childhood family. Our parents have passed away and joined their ancestors with God/ Spirit/Creator. But we kids still have each other to share memories and support each other. We are all rather scattered across the United States, as are our nieces and nephews, and cousins. But a bond remains through … More Thankful for Family Memories
I grew up in a home full of love. My parents loved each other. Their relationship and marriage were one of the most important parts of their and us, their kids,’ lives. Our family’s health and happiness were also very important. Our parents had been through their own personal hardships and losses during their childhoods … More Thankful for My First Family
My brother James “Ted” Theodore added this very informative and interesting information about our grandmother on a recent post 11-03-2022. Here is his information from talking with our grandmother and his own experience working in the very same mill as she did. “I worked at the same mill, Dunean J.P. Stevens, as an Industrial Engineer. … More The Mill Work Our Grandmother Did
Of my two grandmothers, my country grandmother was the one I knew the best. There was something about my mother’s mother which was charming and endearing. Her life had many hard times at the beginning, the middle and the end (which I shared: https://joyful2beeblogs.com/2022/11/02/grandmother-farm-to-mill/ But her last years were some of her happiest. Her first husband, … More My Country Grandmother
My grandmother, Nina Alexander, was born in 1901, 36 years after the Civil War. Nina spent her earliest years on her family farm in Georgia. She lost four of her ten siblings, during her youth. (Death at an early age was not uncommon during those times.) When her diabetic father died from complications from a … More My Maternal Grandmother’s Early Life
Want to read a true spooky story? In Godwin, (near Erwin), North Carolina on a dirt road past the Chicora Civil War Cemetery, sits the antebellum mansion for Oak Grove Plantation. After many years of neglect, much work and money have gone into preserving and furnishing this landmark and museum. The Lewis family has also … More My Spooky Story For Halloween
You never know how an act of loving kindness will affect someone’s day–or even their life. It was an uncharacteristically warm Halloween night several years ago. All of the trick or treaters had finished their “candy quests.” Since my husband had passed away two months before and my son had moved out of the house … More Sweet Child Surprises Widow Neighbor
Summer is still quite present but Fall has begun. The evenings and nights will start out getting cooler and later the days will too. The light summer clothes will be put away for the warmer fall slacks and tops to be unpacked. Then winter makes the temperatures begin to change into colder weather (hopefully). There … More Why Do I Have So Many Clothes!
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