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Every four years—two if you count the Winter Games—my life is taken over by the rest of the world. I live for the Olympics. I love everything about them. The pageantry, the patriotism, the amazing athletes and the incredible things they can do with their bodies, the feeling of the world coming together, and, of course, the competition. Because I love the Olympics and because most of my free time must be devoted to watching them right now and because I'm still reeling from yesterday's upset of my beloved USWNT, I'm going to be posting some pictorial representations of the countries that represent me.
First up, my ethnicity results from my Ancestry DNA test (that my brother and future sister-in-law bought me for Christmas.) JoAnn (Deem) Morse's answers to questions in Grandmother's Wonderful Wisdom. Read other posts in this series: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #16 #17 Let me tell you about a special friend in my life…Nedra ("Sissie") my beautiful sister, less than two years older than I, and taken from us so soon at the age of 29, leaves fond memories of the path we shared. We sang duets of the hymn, "All things are ready, come to the feast…" with Nedra singing the alto. We joined the Calcutta United Presbyterian Church at the same time and when we were still quite young a photographer took our picture, which wasn't very good of me! When I went away to ENC generous Nedra gave me a beautiful winter coat with velvet trim. She was so creative. For speech class she wrote a story—so good the teacher thought she copied it from somewhere! When most kids were lugging books home, Nedra was empty-handed, but maintained good grades. She was bright and beautiful and left a big empty space in our family. Nedra Marie—my sister, my friend. JoAnn (Deem) Morse's answers to questions in Grandmother's Wonderful Wisdom. Read other posts in this series: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #15 #16 #17 Would you like to know how I came to have faith in God? Let me tell you my story.As a child I attended Sunday School on Sunday mornings and the Junior Missionary meetings in the evening at the Calcutta United Presbyterian Church with my sisters. We had dedicated teachers whom I still remember and appreciate. My sister Nedra and I were baptized there and I recall attending a revival service in that church. Even during those early days the Holy Spirit dealt with my young heart. When we moved to another section in town I occasionally attended Sunday School at LaCroft Church of the Nazarene. Then one Wednesday evening your aunt Sara and I decided we would go to prayer meeting, only to find prayer meeting was cancelled that night. Revival meetings were being held that week with Rev. Harold Willis and his wife, Mae. At the close of the service that Wednesday, when the altar call was given, I went forward. I didn't know much about what was going on, but I know one thing: from that point on my life was headed in the right direction because Jesus died on the cross that I might have forgiveness of sins. He is so good and has never failed me! JoAnn (Deem) Morse's answers to questions in Grandmother's Wonderful Wisdom. Read other posts in this series: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #14 #15 #16 #17 If I could plan a perfect day enjoying nature, this is what I'd like to do:I would like to find a log cabin nestled in the mountains with evergreens all around and a sparkling stream of water flowing nearby. Cotton-tailed deer would live in that setting and be tame enough to come near the cabin to entertain us with their frolicking. |
About GoldilocksI love cats, books, Diet Coke, and genealogy. My SurnamesCramer/Kramer/Kraemer
Morse/Moss Smith Deem/Diehm Wakefield Dembosky/Dembowski Dennis Thorn/Thorne Lower/Lauer Mack Thomas Schnittka Rogers Easton Keener Shuman/Schumann Clapper Brady Murphy Hanson Schwite Pitcher Roberts Lewis Weekley/Weekly Parks Archives
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