tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post3737799149222757320..comments2024-03-28T21:58:41.783-04:00Comments on Home Joys: As Mary ElizabethGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-88909532154007743862016-01-16T12:45:03.525-05:002016-01-16T12:45:03.525-05:00Hi Gina,
Knowing one's family history is such...Hi Gina,<br /><br />Knowing one's family history is such a blessing - especially if it is on of a Christian heritage. I've had the benefit of being raised by my Grandmother, born in 1906. Later, I developed a close relationship with my husband's grandmother, born in 1912. <br />My grandmother grew up in Omaha, NE, where automobiles, trains, factories, and indoor plumbing were quickly becoming the norm. <br />Whereas my husband's grandmother grew up on a farm in western OK, with no electricity, no indoor plumbing AND never rode in an automobile until the 1930's. My husband's step father (who was much older than my mother-in-law) moved from Missouri to Amarillo, TX in 1924. His mother, grandmother and younger siblings made the move in an old truck while he, his dad and grandfather made the move in the family's covered wagon. <br />They all have passed so much knowledge and history onto me and our family, it is a treasure.<br />Sometimes it is hard to imagine that less than 100 years ago, it was common for some areas of our nation to still be using horse & wagons, out-houses, and kerosene lamps.<br />I hope your children and grandchildren will pass the knowledge, lessons and Christian heritage of your family on to their children and grandchildren.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Mrs.BMrs. B, a very peculiar personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579160731517930694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-8819334762634460472016-01-15T17:47:44.211-05:002016-01-15T17:47:44.211-05:00The last thing you said really struck me. A confi...The last thing you said really struck me. A confirmation, I believe. <br /><br />I rejoice for you and my other Anabaptist friends/ sisters who have this godly heritage and share it with those of us who do not. joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786607020220841570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-63162485510039916882016-01-15T13:40:31.576-05:002016-01-15T13:40:31.576-05:00I guess my typing didn't keep up with my thoug...I guess my typing didn't keep up with my thoughts..my grandfathers met and married their wives! OOPS!!Barb Wrightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-70089728262801436232016-01-15T11:06:11.441-05:002016-01-15T11:06:11.441-05:00"Like Abraham and Noah, her husband was conce..."Like Abraham and Noah, her husband was concerned about the evil influences around him."<br /><br />If the world in those days concerned him, I can not imagine what he would think of today's world!<br /><br />It was so brave of them to move like that. They must have truly felt the Lord was leading them.Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702620069148109246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-25819536312564674232016-01-14T21:13:35.604-05:002016-01-14T21:13:35.604-05:00"Today, one hundred years later, I can trace ..."Today, one hundred years later, I can trace the faithfulness of my great-grandparents and rejoice in a Godly heritage they gave to me." Gina, I too, am grateful for the Godly heritage my Anabaptist great grandparent on both sides of the family have passed on to us. I enjoyed reading your short story.Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-3623263509348862612016-01-14T21:02:57.507-05:002016-01-14T21:02:57.507-05:00What a wonderful "object lesson" (for my...What a wonderful "object lesson" (for my lack of a better term)! I think if we all would reflect on our heritage we could learn so much. Both of my grandfathers,ironically,left southern PA to come up here to work in the oil fields around Bradford. Here they met and married,and subsequently had my parents. All of those folks are gone now, but what a legacy they have left! Although our family has gotten smaller through the years,we still are many. In a relatively small area,there are alot of descendants from those two men who came to look for work "up north" in the 1920's. I like to think they'd be proud of the Christian heritage they started.Barb Wrightnoreply@blogger.com