Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
I started this blog a few months ago, but what you may not know is the story behind this page. The overall project, 365 Days with Grandma, was actually meant to be a gift for my grandchildren, a small part of my heart left behind to help them on their journey through life. I wanted a way to …
It remains today one of the most intriguing and exciting stories of the Old Testament. Through an awesome display of power, God had miraculously rescued His people from the slavery of Egypt. His mighty hand had opened the Red Sea, furnishing a means of escape for His people, all while establishing a watery death for the …
The spring concert was on the doorstep, a meager two weeks away, and we were NOT ready, NO way, NO how. Our hand bell ensemble had been working endlessly on an extremely difficult selection, and as the case often is with this age group, they were frustrated, distracted, done! I knew that they needed an enticement, …
She wrote to me for weeks, not short text messages or emails, but lengthy, hand-written letters that I found tucked in my mailbox every day. I was young in my Christian faith, a newborn in my walk with Christ, facing the devastating and unexpected loss of our young daughter. My heart was broken, my …
This is truly a humanitarian giveaway…saving the life of this poor, helpless turkey by giving away a $20.00 Chick-fil-A gift card, and just in time for Thanksgiving! On Monday, November 25, we will draw one name from the pool of our bloggers, readers, and followers, and that person will be able to enjoy a meal at their local Chick-fil-A …
I was hoping that we had survived the summer of the cicadas fairly unscathed. A few tree branches were browned, but that seemed to be the extent of the damages. It wasn’t until I was at the task of window washing that I espied what those noisy critters had chosen as their main munchie, …
Nothing jolts a memory quite like a familiar smell, taste, or flavor. I was transported back in time today while adding eggs to a recipe. Yes, eggs! My favorite childhood breakfast was my mom’s eggs-over-easy. I can still hear the butter sizzling on the hot skillet, the crack of the eggs, Mom’s sweet voice …
We had lived in our home for a few years before we experienced one of the coldest winters on record. For days the temperatures hovered in the negative numbers, worsened by a brisk, northern wind that was downright brutal at times. For endless nights we shivered, bundled under layers of blankets, listening to nature’s fury unleashed, as those frigid winds howled and …
Drum roll please…Grandma’s Gleanings blog giveaway for November is entitled SAVE A TURKEY, EAT MOR CHIKIN! On Monday, November 25, we will be awarding a $20.00 Chick-fil-A gift card. Please sign up on the blog page or privately message me. Thanks for joining in on the fun!
It’s a common scene replayed daily in any typical elementary school hallway. Allow me to set the stage: two students have had a conflict, maybe in the lunchroom, or out on the playground, and each has a story to tell, their own slant on the truth. Between the battling parties stands their teacher, listening …
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Nothing can strike panic into this woman’s heart more than its appearance, as this evil creature lurks in the dark corners of my basement, lying-in-wait for this helpless damsel as she goes about her Monday morning laundry chores. And somehow this dreaded being has the mystical ability to appear ten times larger than its actual size! Call it …
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Who doesn’t love a good game of dress up? Through the window of imagination, children can be transported to a whole new world, becoming a brave firefighter, a fearless lion tamer, a “beat-the-bad-guy” policeman, a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy, a fire-breathing dragon, or a life-saving doctor, simply by adding a costume, a hat, or a …
Our small, backwoods high school was finally joining the big city schools, we had formed our first-ever football team! We were thrilled with our bumpy field, small-scale bleachers, inexperienced marching band; our students were more than tolerant to the fact that those chilly fall games would be held on Saturday mornings due to our lack of stadium …