Her Father's Homestead

Tag: blessings

  • A Much-Anticipated Event 2013

      Today I’m updating what is becoming an annual post.  It’s time for the gathering of cherished friends, a group that I believe may be fairly unique. We have a name and each year we migrate to the North Woods of Wisconsin from as far away as Florida. We’re old friends, some among us go…

  • HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my PARENTS!

    Regular readers know I celebrate special days.  Last week we celebrated my mom’s 82nd birthday. Today we celebrate both my parents in honor of their 59th wedding anniversary. Yep, one week after my mom’s 23rd birthday, she and my dad, a not-yet-ordained minister, married in Rhode Island, a long way from a farm in Shawano County.  After a…

  • A Long Strange Trip…

    Today’s post takes its title from an old Grateful Dead tune; many of you will recognize the phrase.  This past week has been an emotional roller coaster.  From the terror event at the Boston Marathon through its conclusion late yesterday and a horrific explosion in West, Texas, the national scene has been intense.  On a…

  • Happy Anniversary to ME!! 2013 Edition

    Yes, indeed, I’m one fortunate woman, sharing my story and my joy with y’all. Seven years ago today, Easter Sunday that year, my visiting daughters stuffed me into my truck and headed to the small, local hospital, where doctors were stunned by what they found.  A fairly large mass in my head, so big that…

  • Bunnies With no Heads? 2013 Edition

    Today’s post is a rerun and  a favorite story of ours.  It’s all  true; absolutely, I really did the deed. So without further ado, here you go – enjoy and be blessed! Do not be dismayed, this post will give you hope and encouragement,  I promise  As is often mentioned in these pages, I’m a traditionalist; …

  • Happy Birthday, Dan !!

    Last year on March 17th, I published a post celebrating my cousin, Daniel J. Meyer, on his birthday.  It was the first time I had ever posted to or about a male; I believe most of my readers are women, but it was appropriate then and it is again today.  Take a moment, please, and…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY HATTIE !! 2012

    Today’s post is a rerun, first posted several years ago in honor of my paternal grandmother. On top of that, it’s a day late. From what I remember of her, she would be happy to have the greetings and tardiness would be overlooked with that smile I remember so well.  Her birthday was November 10,…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN LEE!!!

        Today we celebrate Erin Lee, born 28 years ago tonight, just shy of midnight, changing my world forever.  I knew she was going to be Erin Lee, no ultrasound needed.  When I told my obstetrician that I was embroidering her Christmas stocking and already had her name across the top; he reminded me that…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGHAN LEE !!

      It’s time for what is becoming the annual birthday post.  Twenty-seven years ago this evening, I met my younger daughter, Meghan Lee, for the first time.  Weighing in at just six pounds, she showed early signs of being her own person, struggling to be released from the hospital swaddling that her sister, a year…

  • A New Season

    One day in February 2010, I spent great time with a wonderful young woman, very dear to my heart, who was about to embark on a journey, to live and study in Spain for a semester.  The next day I wrote about her in a post titled Bon Voyage, My Friend. Two-and-a-half years have passed. …