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Category Archives: Childhood
My Dad…
My dad was a hard-working farmer who loved to talk to people. I can’t remember him ever telling me in words that he loved me. Hugging was also not really done in my family. My old-fashioned Dutch dad was very … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Dad, Family, Father's day, Grief and loss, trees
Tagged childhood, Dad, family, farming, Father's Day, grief and loss, memories, trees
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The Pretty Place
The overgrown trail was dotted with purple, white and yellow in the spring. The whole area was called the “gullies.” Grabbing unto tree branches along the way, my senses filled deeply with the grassy muddy smell. In the famous movie “Chronicles … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Farming, God our Father, God's faithfulness, God's protection, Grief and loss, Memories, mother loss, prayer, sister loss, Springtime
Tagged childhood, family, farming, God our Father, God's faithfulness, grief and loss, loss of mother, loss of sister, memories, prayer, Springtime
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Mother’s Day Isn’t Always Simple
Mother’s Day. A day when all the ladies are honored and everything is flowers and sunshine all around. Hold on. Let’s not forget the ones who have lost their moms. Motherless daughters. It could be that a woman has lost … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Death, Family, Grief and loss, Hope, Mom, mother loss, Motherless Daughters
Tagged death, family, grief, grief and loss, hope, loss, loss of mother, mother, Mother's Day, Motherless daughters
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Mrs. Miller…an unforgettable teacher…and another in the series on trees…
A tree can have such special meanings and purposes. You might ask what that has to do with a woman named Mrs. Miller. I have a schefflera tree sitting in my dining room which has endured. If you know me, … Continue reading
A Harvest Night
That fall feeling was in the air. The smell of corn husks and leaves. The chill that makes you pull your coat closed. Maybe I was 8 or 9 years old. Often I’d sit on top of the warm pile … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Farming, Siblings
Tagged childhood, death, farming, God's faithfulness, memories, siblings
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If a tree could talk, the stories it could tell… Part 2
That old tree. It held many a child in the length of it’s years… As long as I can remember, that towering tree spread it’s branches over us. It stood across the street from my own farmhouse. A bunch … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, God's faithfulness
Tagged childhood, comfort, creation, faith, God's faithfulness, memories, remembering, tree series, trees
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A Summer’s Day which burned
Another mundane morning of driver’s training. Three kids. An instructor who said, “go 40 on 40.” His way of attempting to be funny. Long story. Along with many other sayings he used. You would only understand if you grew up … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Death, Grief and loss, Siblings, sister loss
Tagged death, grief, loss, loss of sisters, memories, pain, sister love, sisters
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