After the first day of the homeschool convention in Oklahoma City last weekend, Ray and I walked a couple of blocks into the Bricktown section of downtown. After dinner we enjoyed seeing the canal. We climbed the tall bridge that crosses over the canal . . . . . . and admired the ... View Post
Making a Home
Ida Eisenhower created a beautiful home for her family. She was a good seamstress. We have already seen the pillow on which she embroidered her sons' names. She painted this picture which hangs in the hall. It reads, "Call Again." Ida Eisenhower decorated with plants, ... View Post
Family Time Eisenhower Style
The small back parlor was the heart of David and Ida Eisenhower's home. On one wall was Ida's piano. Before she married, Ida inherited $1000 dollars. She spent $600 of her inheritance for a custom-built piano. Before dropping out of college to marry David, Ida had intended to be a music teacher. She ... View Post
A Man, a Woman, and Joyous Acceptance
As I mentioned in the Tender Teddy post more than a year ago, in President Theodore Roosevelt's autobiography, he wrote about the virtues necessary for a nation. He said: ". . . these virtues are as dust on a windy street unless back of them lie the strong and tender virtues of a family life based ... View Post
A Visit Home to See Mama
Learning how other mamas have lived with their families gives us at least two types of lessons. Sometimes we learn new ideas to try with our own families, and sometimes we receive warnings about what to resist at all costs. We can always find mamas whom we believe do a better job than we do, ... View Post
A President’s Prayer
Five years after President Dwight David Eisenhower left the presidency, he and his wife Mamie came to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas, to dedicate the Place of Meditation, one of five public buildings on the grounds of the Dwight David Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood ... View Post
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