Today’s theme for Six Word Friday is “chat”. I had some fun with it – six lines of six words! Chat is such a simple word Neighbors become friends; friends become family Offenses lessen when affections are built. Grandmothers chat over the back fence Children hear and later become mothers And repeat the stories to next…
There are so many stories from the Great Depression of what people did to feed their families and survive. My family has many of them, from my paternal grandfather who supported multiple families with his paycheck to my maternal great-uncle (below, with his wife and children, my mother’s cousins). My great-uncle had a hard life. He walked…
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…
Albert Einstein said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ” (From Brainy Quote) I thought about today’s word as I took my lunch walk yesterday and thought how can I even begin to describe the word valuable? My list of what is valuable is so long. I will…
Join the challenge! Post a picture to match the word of the day and put a link in the comments. You’ll be amazed at how differently the word gets interpreted. Map (from Wikipedia) – A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects,…
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 