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Issue 42.14 Benjamin Franklin said: If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten; either write things worthy of reading, or do things worthy of writing. How many unforgettable moments do you wish you had recorded in some way? I often think of questions I’d like to ask my mom […] Issue 41.14 Is there a family anywhere that doesn’t have its challenges? Sometimes we might think so when we look at others all dressed up and smiling at church or out on the town together. When we come to know individuals more closely, it’s amazing the trials each person has to overcome. It does seem […] Issue 40.14 Jeanne Bluth of St. George shares a memorable experience from her youth: Growing up during WWII and using rationing stamps for items such as sugar and shoes put a lot of pressure on my dear old dad. “Jeanne girl,” he would say, “we need to do something about those shoes you are wearing.” […] Issue 39.14 When asked who the most influential person in her life was, Cathy Sandefur of St. George said: “I first thought of my father. He was always around when I needed him, and taught me that a father’s love is unconditional (or at least should be unconditional). I learned not only right from wrong […] Issue 38.14 While visiting family recently my adult son advised his teenage daughter not to accept a date from any guy who asks her out by texting. This concerned father wants to first meet personally face to face any potential dating partner before okaying his teenager to go out socially. I had to laugh reflecting […] Issue 37.14 The quiet consistent example of parents or grandparents can teach lessons you aren’t aware you are learning at the time. As I look back at my youth growing up with a widowed mother and grandmother, I experienced their self-reliance and strength. I would need this later in my life as a divorced mother […] Issue 36.14 My exercise teacher Helen Hansen who is a spry chicken in her eighties shared this experience from her youth with our class. I asked her to write it down. Helen recalls her first job: The University of Minnesota experimental farm was looking for teenage summer help the summer of 1946. They were paying […] Issue 35.14 A blogging friend Linda Kay from Fredericksburg, Texas shares her memories of a family activity which most youth of this generation have never experienced. She recalls…When I was a girl, Saturday night at the drive-in theater in a town about twenty miles away was a happy adventure for our family. We had a […] Issue 34.14 It seems in our modern society that the traditional old-fashioned family and its values are fading away. Yet many young people, growing up in today’s families full of broken relationships caused by death, divorce or other disruptions are still choosing a partner to create their own expectations of a family. Where are their […] Issue 32 & 33.14 Thank goodness for friends that come into our life and become like family to us. In my growing up years as an only child, I turned to cousins and friends of all ages for support, encouragement and listening ears. With my mom as a widow, I needed male role models in […] |
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