Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too... by sharing Faith, Stories, and Wisdom from Generation to Generation
Note: I used initials to identify people in this blog post for privacy reasons. In February, I got a phone call from an unknown number. I knew by the area code that it was from South Carolina. I have some family there, so I answered it. It was B, one of the people who helped my family and me find…
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This is another installment in the series entitled Things to Be Learned From Dead People. I didn’t personally know my maternal grandfather, Joel Daniel “Daniel” MARTIN (1886-1955). He passed before I was born, but my mother (his daughter) talked about him often. My grandma (his widow) talked about him sometimes, too, but I think talking about him was hard on…
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Favorite Photo was a recent prompt from 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Here’s the story behind another of my favorite photos. A Martin family reunion took place around 1963, somewhere in Northern Virginia. It may have been at Great Falls. I don’t have but a few flashes of memory of it since I was so small. I love looking at…
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While doing research in old newspapers from the 1880s, I often saw articles entitled ‘A Druggist’s Mistake.’ And these stories came from all over the United States. Seeing it once in a while is concerning enough but seeing it weekly is alarming. And these weren’t little mistakes. People nearly died, were expected to die, or actually did die. These articles…
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This below poem was written in 1904 by American author William Stanley Braithwaite. You can learn more about him here. The postcard is from a vintage postcard collection I inherited from my late 1st cousin, twice removed Myrtle HILLARD BURROUGHS (1903-1977). Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. THANKSGIVINGby William Stanley Braithwaite My heart gives thanks for many things;For strength to labor day by…
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My mother, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) worked for the U.S. War Department during World War II. She went to work there shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Mom’s story and she stuck to it Mom always told us that she was a typist during the war. She said she was hired because she was a fast and accurate typist,…
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