by bethwestcott | Sep 11, 2023 | 9-11-2001, Commemoration, History, Memories, Thoughts
It was a sunny, blue-sky, late summer morning. An ordinary day, September 11, 2001. I’d watched the news and weather on TV earlier, but I was now into my daily routine at home. My husband’s nephew had called to say his wife was in labor, so my husband, who was a...
by bethwestcott | Aug 31, 2023 | Inspiration, museums, Nature and Creation, Thoughts, vacation
Months and Events Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remains; Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.” (NKJV) I’ve been seeing references to the fact that we’ll soon be entering the “-ber” months: September, October,...
by bethwestcott | May 15, 2023 | Family, Inspiration, learning and life, Thoughts
My mother told me that she wanted to go to college and study biology. However, at the time she graduated from high school, most women did not attend college. They got married and raised a family, which she did. (She was married to my dad for 47 years, until his death,...
by bethwestcott | Jan 31, 2023 | Family, Memories, scrapbooks, Thoughts
Memories, Photos Albums, and Scrapbooks, Me with Snooks Me with Mom About thirty years ago, I took up scrapbooking. I enjoyed it, although it was time-consuming. In the business of life, I focused on the present as my husband and I raised our...
by bethwestcott | Jan 9, 2023 | Devotional, learning and life, spiritual fruit, Thoughts
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two icons of childhood for several generations—are you a fan? The cute and clever mice in Beatrix Potter’s children’s story The Tailor of Gloucester: you can’t help but admire the way they show the tailor their...
by bethwestcott | Nov 8, 2022 | the election, Thoughts, voting
One of my early childhood memories was talking to my father about the presidential election. It must have been 1956, when Eisenhower and Nixon ran for re-election, because I was only a year old in 1952. An airplane had dropped balloons and flyers down on our Long...
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