Meet My Mom

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  My earliest memories of Mom are of her caring for her own Mom who was quite sick from cancer.  Mom, with help from Dad, cared for Nummy in her home, never conceding to the dreaded disease until the end. Somehow, she was also there for my sisters and me, too.  I...
A New Look at Mother’s Day

A New Look at Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day has always been special for me.  As a child, I made little cards and homemade gifts for my Mom. My Dad would make sure she had a new rose bush or lawn ornament.  Mom would have a special little gift planned for my Grandma, Dad’s Mom, as her own Mom had...

Grandma Taught me Crochet

by | | Crafts, Family Life

Grandma has been at rest for over 20 years.  It seems like just yesterday that I was visiting her with my children. Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. — Marcy DeMaree Everyone loved Grandma!...
Why Set the Table?

Why Set the Table?

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When preparing for dinner, why do we need to set the table? Why fashion each place with the plates and silverware exactly in position?  Why the napkin? It does seem pointless at times to set the table with dinnerware, silverware, and napkins, all atop a beautiful...

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