Collecting My Thoughts

My cousin in South Carolina sends out a weekly spiritual message to her friends and relatives and often closes with a "day" event,...

 Yesterday I decided to repack some of Phil's things in nicer boxes, and then to put the sympathy, get well, and thinking of you cards, ...

What does an 18 year old do for a social life while living on a farm with her grandparents?  Not much except spend time with adults.  See Pa...

We had our fall Illinois Indiana trip this past week, celebrating my birthday there and seeing our cousins and siblings. On Thursday we we...

My cousin Gayle is such a faithful events greeter, and when the family lived in Alaska, we would be treated with colorful postcards and a pe...

I am not at all familiar with Pickerington Post blog . So I haven’t confirmed this “research.” Massive inbreeding among Muslims has been g...

Cousin Gayle and me summer of 1984

I love the Lustron, I really do. There are many in Mt. Morris, IL where I graduated from high school, and my grandparents owned one. They ar...

Bill and Gayle were married August 30, 1959 in the Mt. Morris, Illinois Church of the Brethren. She writes this about the memories of the l...

Friday Family Photo--another cousin This is a photo of my cousin Gayle when she was the queen of May at Manchester College in North Manchest...

Friday Family Photo--Cousins Sister on the left, me on the right, and our cousin Dianne in the middle I think this was taken in October. W...

Friday Family Photo This is my husband, about age 4 or 5, his sister Jean, and cousin Norma Lou with their grandfather, whom they all called...

Friday Family Photo More about cousins These are photos of my son and his cousin Rich, who are about 8 months difference in age, which wh...

Friday Family Photo Even most of my family couldn't tell you how these two photos are related. I'm guessing the b & w is 1940...

196 When doctors made house calls I drove my husband to the doctor's office this morning and instead of the usual array of magazines to ...