Perhaps society always needs a little reminding to appreciate, value, and honor mothers and teachers! How appropriate in May to write about teachers and mothers in the same column. A mother is a child’s first teacher! Mothers are honored this month with a special day. Teachers are finishing up another school year. Congratulations to all! [...]
Just When We Needed A Miracle!
April 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Maybe you don’t think that flowers are a miracle. But perhaps it’s because flowers are so common place or ordinary that sometimes we don’t notice how spectacular and how beautiful and how splendid and how really wonderful they actually are! Like God! Remember: “He made everything beautiful in it’s time and created the earth and [...]
Notes from Nana: WAITING FOR SPRING: Read Poetry?
March 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
White blossoms bloomed on our pear tree just before the last freeze. Today is cloudy, cool and gray but the lovely white bridal wreath and spirea are blooming like delicate white lace. Both are beautiful but don’t ask me which is which! The yellow daffodils are gorgeous all over our yard, pasture, and throughout Mississippi [...]
Notes from Nana: Happy Valentine’s!
February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Valentine’s Day. A day for love and lovers! So the phrase goes. Smile. So DO show your love to your sweetheart and your children! How? Paul gives us wonderful challenging words on the topic! LOVE IS: “Love is patient…love is kind…” and all the long list of seemingly impossible attributes from his letter to [...]
Notes from Nana: Influence of a Mother
January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I love flowers and music and God’s Word and… What do you LOVE? Years ago, with our young children, Bill and I took my parents to New Orleans to board the “Sunset Limited” in New Orleans. They rode the train to Los Angeles for a visit with my Mother’s sister in LaJolla and to [...]
Notes from Nana: A Surprising Christmas Story
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ordinary events can become extraordinary. I went with my friend Jackie Keyes to leave her car for an oil change! Herein is the unusual Christmas story. When we returned to retrieve Jackie’s car, a pretty little blonde girl was sitting on the counter at “Keith Tire and Auto Service” in Magee. Obviously she [...]
Notes from Nana: Seasons in Alaska and Mississippi!
October 13, 2011 By 2 Comments
I saw yellow autumn trees decorate the mountain-side in Alaska a month ago! With a lovely group of Mississippians, we took the last Inland Passage Cruise of the season from Vancouver to Seward, closed down the chalet in Denali National Park and rode the last train before winter from Denali to Fairbanks. A [...]
HOORAY for Books: WILLIAM JOYCE’s SHOES
August 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Have you seen the enjoyable movies Toy Story or A Bug’s Life with your children? If so, you’ve seen the work of WILLIAM JOYCE. Look for his imaginative children’s books and read your favorites with your children. You’ll both enjoy the pictures. William Joyce, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, has already achieved prominence in the [...]
NOTES FROM NANA: “Y-FI”?
August 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Our modern communication has its own language and lingo. Mississippi Moms, you know all about it! As a Mississippi Nana, I am learning. When my children started telling me about “Y-FI” connections, I didn’t understand. I still don’t understand how it works. But I know now how to pronounce and even spell the term, “Y-FI”? [...]
HOORAY for Books! Tale of Peter’s Potter
July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do brew a cup of Camomile (KAM’-oh-mile) tea, gather your children around, and read the classic story by Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. If you are grown-up and have never read this delightful tale, treat yourself to a gem of a story with strong characters and plot. English author, Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) [...]
