Years ago a dear friend passed on the tradition that guests visiting over the holidays put a decoration on the Christmas tree. We keep a basket of ornaments nearby so that everyone shares the happiness and joy of the season. This year will be the first time our toddler grandchild be able to share this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘memories’
Life
I was looking around for something to write about when I came upon this poem written by me in the 70′s. It was written when hubby of 31+ was still courting me. When I reread it I thought first about the heartache of love which inspired the words. Then I realized it could be about [...]
Remembrances
I know that I am old now. I suppose people want to remember the good and forget the bad. I look back and think how things were so so much better when I was young. I remember shopping with my aunt in one of the first supermarkets over sixty years ago. The meat was visible [...]
Halloween costumes
I was looking through my pictures for something I’m working on and found some of my boys as devils. I must have been type casting. I bought all the costumes when the Ewok one I was sewing didn’t work out. Artsy crafty creative I am not. I mailed out for green dragon and Humpty Dumpty. [...]
Christmas Memories
Years ago my sons now 24 and 23 attended church regularly. They went to Sunday school, Summer Bible School, received Baptism, Penance, Holy Eucharist, Confirmation, sang for many years in the Children’s Choir, and even joined the Youth Group for a little while. How they loved going. The Halloween theme–decorations with carved, lighted pumpkins, [...]
