The Weaker Sex? Take a really close look at the picture to the left. This is a combine reel in the early 1930′s. And that’s not wheat wound around the reel. That’s my grandfather’s clothes. Granddad Ragan had done what every farmer, ever mechanic knows NOT to do. He reached in to clear something out [...]
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Yeah! We have a dress!
Yeah! We have a dress! Well, we don’t actually HAVE the dress. But it is ordered. We went back to the bridal shop this morning. She put the dress on again (just to make sure!) and we fell in love with it all over again. She looked so pretty and radiant in her dress. So [...]
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Shopping for the Wedding Dress
Shopping for the Wedding Dress This has been a fantastic day. Amy and I started with a manicure and pedicure this morning. Then we met her friend Sarae at a wedding dress “shop”. The young gal helping us (and I do mean young) was very sweet. But thank goodness Sarae was with us because she [...]
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Grandma Hardy’s Garden
Grandma Hardy’s Garden My grandparents, Frank and Lola Hardy, were farmers in southwest Nebraska, north of Stratton. I’ve written that Grandma Hardy was a tease throughout her life. One of her favorite targets was her husband, Grandpa Hardy. Of course, seeing how well he took the teasing and jokes at his expense, made him an [...]
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Vonna and Her Pets
Vonna and Her Pets My mother, Vonna Glyndean Hardy Ragan, was raised on a farm in southwest Nebraska, about 15 miles northwest of Stratton. She had one older brother, Delbert, and a few years after this picture was taken, brothers Neil and George were added to the family. A little girl on a farm during [...]
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Little Lola
Little Lola My maternal grandmother was born and raised in southwest Nebraska. Lola Almira Henderson was born in 1908. She was the second daughter of Frank and Myra Henderson. Lola and Frank Hardy eloped while Frank was still in high school. That seems like a really short synopsis of childhood, doesn’t it. Took her right [...]
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Receiving the Scriptures
Tears of Joy When is the last time you celebrated having the Scriptures? Watch this video about the celebration of a group of people who are receiving the New Testament written in their own language for the very first time. It brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.
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Mother and Child
Mother and Child Have you ever noticed that when you see a picture of a mother and her newborn child, the mother has eyes only for her baby? Lucile Adams Ragan was no different when she was holding her first child, Seth. In earlier pictures, her eyes are looking into the camera. But now she [...]
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Google Docs
Google Docs Since my daughter (the Bride) and I (the Mother of the Bride) are a 14-hour drive apart, she started tracking her search for wedding venue, caterer, photographer, decorations on Google documents that she and I can both access and update. And it has really been a super tool. She doesn’t have to send [...]
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The power of the scale
The Power of the Scale I have been a mostly active member of Weight Watchers since December 29, 2009. I had reached almost the most I had ever weighed, felt awful, looked awful. Through my foggy brain, a message finally shouted through to me: “Get in shape NOW!” To make a long story short, I [...]
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