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250 Years Ago . . .

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In lieu of my regular posts (due to all the work projects we've been up to our necks with) and just in time for America's 250th Birthday Celebration, I am pleased to share a special project that has been near and dear to my heart for several months now. I put together little snippets of all of my known ancestors who had some role or another during the Revolutionary War.  Some were pacifists and didn't want to fight because of their religious beliefs. Some chose to fight anyway, even if it meant being excommunicated from their congregation and having to deal with being ostracized from their friends and neighbors. Some fought on the Naval front. Some fought in the South Carolina swamps, just like Mel Gibson's character in the movie, "The Patriot". His character was based on 3 key figures during the Revolutionary War: Francis Marion ("The Swamp Fox"), Daniel Morgan, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens. Some fought on the Patriot side in those South Caroli...

Friends, Flowers, and Ferraris

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I'm hoping to get all caught up with several "in-betweeners" that have happened in recent weeks, tucked in here and there, but definitely not forgotten. I adore the sister missionaries, and I always have. There's just something about them that makes me want to hug them, care for them, and support them in whatever ways that I can. Sister Tenney (below on the far right) completed her mission and went home to Utah recently. I invited her and her companion, Sister Vitale (pronounced vee-TAW-lay), over for dinner just prior to Sister Tenney's departure. During the dinner, Sister Vitale carefully practiced her limited English, with Sister Tenney filling in when necessary. Together they told us the story of when they first met six weeks earlier. Sister Tenney had been serving with Sister Perry, but when Sister Perry was scheduled to be transfered to a new area, Sister Vitale was brought in to take over for her a few days beforehand.  Sister Vitale was brand new in the mi...