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Save your egg shells. My mother used to save her egg shells to go around the tomato plants, but I doubt she knew why.  I read the other day it’s to help with blossom end rot.  She grew ferns in porch boxes (made by my daddy) on the front porch, too, and always saved tea…

Update:  Mother is improving again. She is talking better and beginning to ask for food. Thank you for your prayers. They are being answered. Thank you to my dear sister who came late last night to take care of Daddy. he has been worried sick and I am sure that Donna’s presence with him will…

Patient Update:  Improving slowly.  Mother is much better and her appetite has returned.  Her first request was for a McDonald’s sausage biscuit!  Yes, they are tasty!  She is very weak, but that is expected.  Strength will come back as she is now eating more. Guest writer: Beth Littlejohn I have been home since late Wednesday.…

Special Note: Mrs. Crumly in improving some. Please continue to lift her up in prayers. We will get back to “new” post tomorrow if time affords that luxury. The old quilt is not worth mending, but so many memories are tied up in this piece of work that I can’t part with it.  It’s been…

Needlework is as much a part of me as breathing.  Maybe it’s in my blood since I’m from a long line of needlework people.  My mother had several sisters and each one of them did some type of needlework.  For a time I owned a crazy quilt top made by my grandmother, but I had…

Yesterday was surgery day for your favorite blogger.  I can only say that the power of pray knows no boundaries.  Mother came through the surgery very well.  The infection in the wound has been removed.  She is still very sick as she battles pneumonia and a bladder infection, but the fear of having to remove…

Guest Writer:  Beth Littlejohn Mother has been cautioning me not to write about her health too much.  I have tried to adhere to her request, but now I will risk getting fussed at and tell about her. Until this past Saturday everyone thought Mother was progressing very well.  But with all things change can come…

Mrs. Crumly is not only a great friend and as you can see a great lover of ALL plants, animals, family and just life. She is also a great christian lady that really needs all the prayers that you have the time to send her way.  Mrs. Crumly is now in the hospital and the…