I was feeling kind of bad that I hadn’t finished my Christmas Pasts … I mean there are so many good memories: School Christmas programs the kids were in all through the years: I don’t want to get too particular (because they were all unique and special no matter how many we went to) but [...]
Due to the fact that I am sick with bronchitis we will be combining memories 6, 7, and 8. This picture is taken in either 1980 or 1981. Memory 6: See that little elf sitting just under the bells that are hanging on the wall? His name is Ichabod and he has been in [...]
Today’s memory is brought to you via our Christmas Letter from 1977. Just so you know … We have five children, our youngest being born May 5, 1977, and our oldest turning 9 on December 9, 1977. “Twas the week before Christmas, and all through our house Not one person was pleasant, not even our [...]
Beautiful music stirs my arms to goose bumps. Maybe that’s why I always feel cold. One of the most challenging things I’ve done with my musical talent is participating in an organ/piano duet from Handel’s “Messiah” while Dad directed the Draper 4th Ward choir. Dad committed mother and I to do it long before [...]
Christmas Eve and (Almost) Five Years Old Edna Well, let’s see now… When little Edna was (almost) five years old she was such a true believer in Santa Clause that it was inconceivable that there could be any doubt he existed. By then, of course, she could remember what had happened the year before [...]
Disclaimer to the Hancey’s and Henke children: The memories are true and you will remember them all, but think of them as bits and snatches that have been floating around for almost 25 years. I grabbed them one at a time and formed them into one big ball for the this story. Please, please please, [...]
“YES, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSE” Little Teddy with the permed, very, very curly hair and the smile that showcased her two missing front teeth, had some difficult decisions to make the year she turned eight. And for an eight year old, it felt like it was pretty heavy. It was mostly about Santa [...]
Midnight Reminiscing … Oh I love the quiet of the night, when it’s just me and the Christmas lights. I often find my mind taking me back to Christmas’s Past and the golden memories of happy times spent with friends and family; particularly to our own little flock of five. I like to close [...]
I’ve been hearing some of the words of the following poem in my mind today. It’s been one of my favorite poems since I was just a little girl. The other thing that has been in my mind is a picture of Albrecht Durer’s Praying Hands. Mother gave me a small copy of this the [...]
Monday, January 10, 2011 So today is my sixty-fourth birthday and Lynn has been singing this old Beatle’s song under his breath all day: The song was written by Paul McCartney of the Beatles when he was just sixteen years old and it apparently was inspired by his “lover”. I can’t imagine having a [...]
