Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
Oh, my sweet little girl! Our home was certainly blessed, our quiver filled to the brim with blessings, when a little bundle of Oriental joy became a part of our family. But one physical characteristic began to emerge during her toddler years…she was certainly going to be a teeny one! Her height stats always …
As a youngster, I loved writing letters to my mommy. My printing was shaky, the spelling, atrocious, and the sentence structure, non-existent, but my mother would keep those notes that I had written to her in her loving care for decades. Although they were scribbly, poorly written, and childlike, the letters were packed with …
There it was, that familiar cry in the night, the fruit of three older brothers and their incessant teasing. Any mention of the red coat at Winkle family gatherings always invokes memories of childhood shenanigans that originated with some mischievous boys. Here’s the back story. Our adopted daughter was welcomed into a home already populated …
Nothing compares to the aroma of freshly-baked, homemade bread. When our littles still lived at home, they loved pepperoni-roll day. I generally would arise pre-dawn, kneading and rolling out the dough, stuffing them to overload capacity with pepperoni and cheese, and then carefully spacing those small oval yummies on baking trays. After covering each …
Oh, how I remember that embarrassing moment! It is, unfortunately, etched in my memory forever. My research had been extensive and my oral report was completed well in advance of the due date, giving this hyper-student ample time for any last-minute fine tuning. So why was the room giggling? Was my hair in disarray? Was there something afoot …
I couldn’t sleep. I had a nasty headache, not a normal every-day headache, but definitely the worst headache that I had ever experienced, EVER. A few days later, nausea and achiness joined the headache to transform me into one miserable woman. A week later, I found myself lying on an examination table at my doctor’s …