Tagged: grandmom

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Mary Elizabeth Foreman Carpenter

Those boring begats of the Bible. You know them. In our daily reading, John and I learned there are a few good reasons to put and keep them in there. One reason is the accuracy and details of them puts the Bible scientifically right in the middle of history. They...

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Freckles

So sweet a story… An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. “You’ve got so...

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Depression Glass Bowl Set

Now that I have been in the barn for a week cleaning out things, I found my grandmother’s depression glass bowls. When grand-mom passed away, my sister, my mom, and I set about to the task as to sort through my grandmother’s things. When I found this set of bowls,...

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Grandmom’s Tea Set

When my grandmom passed away, it was up to my mom, dad, sister and I to go through her things and figure out what to do with it all. One of the items I picked out for myself was a small tea set. I don’t know why I liked it,...

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Grandmom

My grandmom, was born Ethel Leah Boyce, February 17th, 1907, to a very big family in West Virginia. She had 11 brothers and sisters, and she had a twinkle in her eye revealing the mischeif that they all must have got into, proved not only by that spark, but on...