In June of 1967, Steve finished his Master’s degree at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, and he and I moved to North Carolina. He was hired to teach basic speech classes at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and would start in the fall. For income during the summer, he—brace yourself, if you know … [Read more…]
In the month of June, Steve and I traveled to seven states and worshiped on Sundays in five different states—Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and Ohio. It’s been quite an adventure. At the Kentucky church, Summit Church of Christ, I met an old friend, Barbara Wims, that I hadn’t seen since we were 15 years old. … [Read more…]
She has great stories, without a doubt. But it’s hard to socialize with her because as I open my mouth to say something her words jump ahead of mine and take over the conversation. When she finishes a story, she will sometimes ask, “So how is your family?” I’ve learned not to say, “Fine,” because … [Read more…]
You may have noticed that stores everywhere—department, grocery, gift, right down to Dollar Tree—seem to have skipped Thanksgiving. The displays and decorations went right from Halloween to Christmas. In a way, that’s deplorable. After all, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year! I love the special food and getting together with family and friends … [Read more…]
We all have favorite Bible verses, but do you have certain books of the Bible that you turn to for specific needs? One of my favorite books is Proverbs. Such wisdom, so well expressed. Proverbs 22 is a chapter that abounds with incisive sayings. A well-known verse is the first one in that chapter: “A … [Read more…]
In spite of temps in the 90s, we had a lovely Fourth of July celebration at the home of our daughter, Kelsey, and her husband, Stephen. Everyone was in place by 10 in the morning because of getting there early to park. The parade started promptly at 10:30 with seemingly dozens of gorgeous Corvettes leading … [Read more…]
In 2010, my high school friend, Deloris Hutton, invited several women who had graduated from Portland High School in 1962 (Yikes! Really? That sounds prehistoric) to meet at her house in Louisville for a small reunion. The plan was to arrive on Tuesday afternoon and leave Thursday morning. Four of us jumped at the chance … [Read more…]
Friends. That’s a hard term to describe. I’d like to write about some of my true friends, but I hesitate to do so. How do I refer to them? I don’t want to number them, as though there is a pecking order, which there isn’t. Each friend is unique in time and place and personality … [Read more…]
Strange morning. I got up before six to get dressed and eat breakfast before our journey. This time, it was only 25 minutes away. Steve and I went to the Business Health Center at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood, Kentucky, to get a yellow fever shot before our trip to Brazil. I had dressed for … [Read more…]
Author and friend Barb Haller recently published a great article in Heart of Ohio magazine about getting along with daughter-in-laws. Her thoughts prompted me to think about the people who married my children and my relationships with them. As is often the case, for good or ill, my son married his mother, figuratively speaking. Gina … [Read more…]
