Category: Family History
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Orphan heirloom Bible makes its way home.
I was beginning to take a liking to fostering this heirloom with its once gold-trimmed cover and beautiful full-page depictions of the Bible stories inside…
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A battle in the forest and then, we make contact!
I was deep in the middle of the forest dumping limbs and cuttings when my cell phone rang in my pocket. I moved quickly to remove my garden gloves – very carefully tugging as to not get poison ivy oil on my hands.
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A sad duct-taped Bible gets an upgrade.
I’m thinking that even after I get this baby back to its family, they’ll want to show it off too, so I searched online for something keepsake-ish…
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Mission to save family collections
It broke my Aunt Leah’s heart to have to toss so many family histories into the trash. Picturing her doing it breaks mine too.
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On This Day…Runaways
“I think my mother wanted me to marry someone who could be dominated and manipulated like I had been. She even threatened to call the police when I left with Dennis to come to Ft. Myers.”
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Big Fat Duct-Taped Bible: Now an Orphan Heirloom Adventure
A gentleman stopped by my table. “That’s quite an old book you got there.” I told him about the orphan heirloom and that I planned to return it to the family. He smiled and wished me good luck.