Last Monday I wrote about Ray's and my 70-minute-round-trip jaunt to Ralph's to pick up doughnuts. I'm afraid that Saturday trip to Ralph's started something my waistline is regretting. One day last week I got a doughnut hole after play practice, one night Ray and I got a doughnut apiece after a ... View Post
We prayed. God heard us.
Ray's daddy loved to watch television. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, he was watching the Today Show on NBC on the small television in his room across the hall from Ray's and mine. I had stopped by for a visit when I saw the report of the first airplane hitting the World Trade Center in New York ... View Post
It’s Okay to Have Heroes
Yesterday I saw a history article in my inbox. The article was from a popular and influential American magazine with a long history. The article's title seemed preposterous to me. Its obvious intent was to criticize how America communicated during World War II. The title called some of America's ... View Post
“America!”
In addition to the excitement of receiving America the Beautiful yesterday, we had our first play practice for "America!" It was a full day. "America!" is a production of our local Homeschool Dramatic Society. This year for the first time, we are rehearsing via Zoom for the first week. Doing that ... View Post
Dignity. What a Concept!
Once, when I was a girl, Mother and I got all dressed up and walked across the street to a wedding held at our church building. Like a proper little girl in the 1960s, I wore white gloves. When I got to the guest registry at the back of the church, I didn't quite know what to do. How could I sign my ... View Post
Prayer, a President, and Passing It On
Ray and I had lunch yesterday on the patio of our town's new Mexican restaurant. Our server introduced himself as Abel and then said playfully that thankfully he doesn't have a brother named Cain. I later asked him if he lived locally. He told me that he lives in a town nearby and drives 20 minutes ... View Post
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