My hairdresser will be having her first child shortly. She was upset to find out that it is likely to be by C-Section, as the baby is breech in such a way that it cannot be turned around. I know from my own experience that it’s hard to wrap your head around this being necessary for your…
My great-grandmother was named Grace. She was the oldest of nine children, born in 1884. She was of Irish-German descent, her mother having defied her Irish family to marry a German Anabaptist. Her mother was disowned because of that action and for the rest of her life, only had contact with a single sister. Grace’s youngest…
I grew up with a sister. One only, who likes to remind me that she is YOUNGER than I am. But after I was married for five years, my father married a wonderful woman who was only a few years older than myself and had a second family. I don’t visit as often as I should,…
Indeed – indicates emphatic agreement. Benjamin Franklin once said: “He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.” My grandfather was a very proud man. He went from being the poorest of the poor…
Direct – straight, constant, without interruption Christmas picture of direct descendants – four generations of women. This was taken 20 years ago – the years have flown by.
Living The Seasons 