Counting Blessings

 Christmas Eve

- 2024 -

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Friday evenings are my favorite every week.

But the first Sunday of the winter break is special.

I realize I don't have to think about school

   and I don't have to go anywhere on Monday morning.

Textbook | Social Studies

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They are sounds of home.

11-1-2024

Stories from Home

The following was shared in an Eaton's group on Facebook -

In Moncton, New Brunswick, I worked for Eaton's on Foundry Street and then later at the store in Highfield Square. As a teenager, my first job with Eaton's was in 1953. I returned full-time from 1955-1959, and worked part-time over the years. I was delighted to become a part of the personnel department with Mrs. Setchell and then Mrs. Rose Goguen. I eventually went to work as the personnel manager for another department store on Main Street. I was with Woolworth | Woolco turned Walmart, located in Dieppe, until retirement.

- Mom

Counting Blessings

 

Book Club Beginnings

- December 7, 2024 -

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After the story was shared by Rev. McCrae MacCallum,

I asked Dad to sing the song for me.

Stories from Home

Travelling by car to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia took a long time. Taking the Princess Helene from Saint John to Digby helped with the journey.

In the dining room, they would have the table and chairs roped to the wall. I was scared sometimes. Some kids would get really sea sick. There was a very tall nurse who was very kind.

After Cedric's first visit to the farm, Dad took him and Otis Hicks to the boat to head back to Bethany. And they just missed it. There was a Bethany crew on the deck laughing and waving at them. 

After Ron and Kay Morehouse were married, some of us came to Moncton with them by car. Ron was a mechanic. We made friends for life.

- Mom

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In Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, Amy Krouse Rosenthal has quotes about writing as she shares her journey to creating the book. The following two were my favorite -

I have remembered, I suppose, what I wanted to remember; many ridiculous things for no reason that makes sense. That is the way we human creatures are made. - Agatha Christie; An Autobiography

But writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with tenacious belief that impossible prose is a hallmark of intelligence. - Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy

When I read this book, and Textbook, I liked how she wrote about the ordinary (which is extraordinary). It matched how I like to write and save memories. I don't have a need for fancy words or following all the rules. I prefer simple, and that's okay.

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

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When people see my printing, they make comments about how neat it is. Something said by a teenager, many years ago, stuck with me. He said, "You could be a font."

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

Song | Bless the Lord

The Choir Room