Thanksgiving Day
Today is the day. Ask a dozen people what the holiday means to them, and every answer might be different. It’s a day for family, feasting, and football. And oh yeah, being thankful. Granny makes the best turkey stuffing in the world. Mom always cooks the turkey. Aunt Susie bakes the pies, and brother John’s […]
Thanks Giving
When I was a kid, people seemed to have a different attitude toward life. Why? Maybe because those days were soon after the Great Depression, when people didn’t have jobs and did well to keep from starving. In church we sang a song about counting your blessings, naming them one by one. I’ve not heard […]
Wonderful Words
During Civil War days, we worked by the light of the sun and read books at night by lamplight. Light bulbs were no more than a dream, not yet available at Home Depot. People prayed for the right amount of rain at the right time to bring a good harvest. When that didn’t happen, we […]