I have been putting this off, waiting for an announcement of another child in our family. So far, it has not materialized, and the month is nearly over, so I will go ahead with the currently known ones.
March 3 – Bobby – my brand new great-nephew, son of Bob and Suzanne
March 12 – the birthdate of my half-sister Lucille who died as a child – born 1920, died 1923
March 16 – Marlin, my ex-son-in-law, with whom I stay connected
March 23 – my nephew David, youngest son of my brother Paul
March 25 – my great-great-nephew, Sekander, great-grandson of my sister Lois
March 30 – my nephew Richard, older brother to David
March 30 – my niece Amy, daughter of my brother Gale
My father's only child by his first marriage, Mary, was born in March of 1907 (I haven't got the exact date), and died in October of the same year.
Still waiting to hear about Lena and Travis's child who was due to be born this month. Lena is the step-daughter of my nephew Richard.
Well, I blew it – here it is April and I haven't posted the March blog yet. And I still haven't heard about Lena and Travis's baby.
For the currently known April birthdays:
April 1 – Lois's granddaughter, Meghan
April 1 – also Meghan's step-sister Taryn
April 11 – my sister Mildred (Middy)
April 19 – my great-nephew (grandson of Paul) Paul III
Guess that's it for now. Maybe I'll have something new to blog about one of these days.
OK, got info on the new baby – Harper Sara. She was born February 27. Lena and Travis's baby.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
February
I guess I have to get at and write another blog, since the month of February is almost over, and I haven’t posted birthdays yet. I have been working as a township auditor, and every year the records are worse than the previous year. We’re getting a new secretary, so hopefully, that will improve things.
So, here are the February birthdays:
My mother’s was February 1. She would be 113 were she still living.
February 4 – my great-niece Emily
February 20 – my brother-in-law George, who went to be with the Lord over 5 years ago.
February 25 – my sister Lily
February 28 – my brother Gale
February 28 – my niece Jenny (Gale’s daughter, and Emily’s mother)
We expect 2 brand new entries next month!
I’m trying to get Mike to submit some of his writing for publication, and he thinks it’s not good enough. He says he doesn’t have enough knowledge to write publishing quality stuff. The last story he wrote was absolutely fantastic, but it wouldn’t qualify for publication for other reasons – it’s of the “fan fiction” genre.
Guess that’s all I have to say for now, to get this posted before the month is over!
So, here are the February birthdays:
My mother’s was February 1. She would be 113 were she still living.
February 4 – my great-niece Emily
February 20 – my brother-in-law George, who went to be with the Lord over 5 years ago.
February 25 – my sister Lily
February 28 – my brother Gale
February 28 – my niece Jenny (Gale’s daughter, and Emily’s mother)
We expect 2 brand new entries next month!
I’m trying to get Mike to submit some of his writing for publication, and he thinks it’s not good enough. He says he doesn’t have enough knowledge to write publishing quality stuff. The last story he wrote was absolutely fantastic, but it wouldn’t qualify for publication for other reasons – it’s of the “fan fiction” genre.
Guess that’s all I have to say for now, to get this posted before the month is over!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Starting Over
I have been neglecting my blog quite a bit lately. For a couple of years, I was posting family birthdays for every month, and sometimes that’s all I had to post. But my sister Lois said she liked that, so I’m going to try to proceed with the same this year.
Birthdays for January:
January 12 – my great-nephew Colin
January 16 – an unnamed niece
January 22 – my twin nieces, Judy and Jackie
January 26 – my niece Connie and my new great-great-niece – Elena – born today! Jackie’s granddaughter
I had been going to write a blog about the Golden Rule, comparing “versions” of it from various religions – many of the non-Christian, non-Jewish religions having forms that are “less” than what we know as the Golden Rule. For instance, some say “Do good to others so that they will do good to you;’ others say “Do good to others so they won’t do evil to you.” These are based on self-preservation, while the “real” Golden rule is based on doing for others – regardless of how it affects oneself. I decided not to go into that in detail after reading C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.” He describes the universal nature of the golden rule on the fact that it is born within us – part of our nature as God made us. He says every culture, every religion has a sense that some things are right, and others are wrong. They are not necessarily correct in specifics, but they have the general view of right and wrong. Only Christianity – and to an extent, Judaism – tell us the real reasons why some things are right and others are wrong. I highly recommend this book by Lewis. I don’t agree with every detail that he says throughout this book, but, as he says, if it doesn’t help, drop it.
Birthdays for January:
January 12 – my great-nephew Colin
January 16 – an unnamed niece
January 22 – my twin nieces, Judy and Jackie
January 26 – my niece Connie and my new great-great-niece – Elena – born today! Jackie’s granddaughter
I had been going to write a blog about the Golden Rule, comparing “versions” of it from various religions – many of the non-Christian, non-Jewish religions having forms that are “less” than what we know as the Golden Rule. For instance, some say “Do good to others so that they will do good to you;’ others say “Do good to others so they won’t do evil to you.” These are based on self-preservation, while the “real” Golden rule is based on doing for others – regardless of how it affects oneself. I decided not to go into that in detail after reading C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.” He describes the universal nature of the golden rule on the fact that it is born within us – part of our nature as God made us. He says every culture, every religion has a sense that some things are right, and others are wrong. They are not necessarily correct in specifics, but they have the general view of right and wrong. Only Christianity – and to an extent, Judaism – tell us the real reasons why some things are right and others are wrong. I highly recommend this book by Lewis. I don’t agree with every detail that he says throughout this book, but, as he says, if it doesn’t help, drop it.
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