For my first post of the new year, I thought I’d start with an entry for The Simple Woman’s Daybook. A lot has happened in our lives since my last daybook post. We’ve begun a new decade and my family is minus a member as […]
This week for #TellAMemoryTuesday, I’m taking a break from the chronological order. Next week we’ll be back on track with our move to Plainfield, New Jersey. Today we travel back to the time when I was a little girl in elementary school. The year […]
This week for Tell a Memory Tuesday, I share about a beach trip and Sara’s scary thoughts. Steve seemed to be fitting in well as a teacher at Covenant Christian School. Towards the end of the school year we were asked to be the chaperones […]
Today for Tell a Memory Tuesday, I share about choosing a church and a surprise there, caring for a couple of extra kids and their dog. And, of course, something about our own children. This is installment three of our year in Kenilworth. Our […]
When my husband accepted a teaching job at Covenant Christian School in Cranford, New Jersey, we had no idea of all the new things we would encounter or the full range of emotions we would feel. Last week I told a little bit about our […]
At the beginning of the summer of 1980, we packed up a moving truck and started on our journey from South Dakota to New Jersey. This was the third cross country move in the span of a couple of years. Our arrival was met with […]
We enjoyed a lot of fun times in South Dakota, but some things were hard. In this Tell a Memory Tuesday post I’ll share a funny story. Next week I’ll share a more serious one. Since I don’t have pictures that directly relate to […]
This week Tell A Memory Tuesday includes a blizzard, holidays and fun. October 31, 1979, started out like a pretty normal day. Sara was excited to dress up to go “Trick or Treating.” It wasn’t much of a costume but she had fun with her […]
Lying in bed in a new place, in the dark, with the thunder booming and lightning flashing, was a bit frightening. Eventually I fell asleep and must have felt much better by morning.
This installment of Tell a Memory Tuesday finds us having a new adventure, and not just one adventure but several within that year – moving, finding a doctor, hospital woes, new baby, rental house. A Moving Adventure In the summer of 1978, when […]
