Joyous Tomorrows

 Man will fail you, said my Bishop as Ned and I sat across from him to ask about the moving of our area to a different church and members we didn't know. We had never been in this situation before and we were concerned because we had only joined the church a few months before.  The loving gentle man said Brother and Sister why did you join the church? Well there were a number of reasons, but most of all it was answers to questions we had prior and shown to be true. Good, he said. It doesn't matter which church you are in, nor who you know, if you know the basic gospel and are true to it. God will not fail you but, if you put your faith in men, they can fail you.  This has been heavy on my mind this last month and I am just writing it down so I remember, and  never give up on what I am really fighting for. If I am faithful and true, to return to Heavenly Father and see my loving family members there. I found this picture in a public pray offering, and thought to share...

  I have always loved this poem...  I have taught my kids, to love the person and hate the sin.  I hope I have taught them all to think for themselves, to be seeker's of truth and work as if it would save a life. I feel they are those kind of people. Well if they find this post they will be pleased until they go further then I may hear a phone call of mom we need to have a come to Jesus meeting... joking, but they are protective.    This morning I made a decision to keep chatting online with an unknown soldier. I know everyone tells me it is unsafe, but I feel the man is in need of a listening ear and a joke or two. I would be too if I were away from home and people were trying to kill me. I have done this before and sadly some of the soldier's I wrote to back in the 1960s, came back home and life failed them, sadly they are no longer with us. I made up my mind if I can make a difference it is worth the risk. I need to see positive come out of life. When I ...

                                                                                                                           Aine Maura Schulmire     May 14 1971 - 11 3 2021     I will write here so I can just tell everyone at the same time. My first born child and bright eyed loving girl has passed from this life to the arms of her Heavenly Father and to be with her earthly father.  She loved them both with all her heart. Those of us left behind, a loving husband, 8 children and one grandchild that she never got to see, are left bereft. She was a loving person, who helped others and taught her children to help others.  Her 5 siblings looked to ...

Your eyes sparkled when I first met you. You spoke of ideas. You were a dreamer. You hoped for the best. You made me laugh. You were honest. You were a thinker. You were a writer, especially of poems  (which you read to me) You cared about people You were family oriented. You wanted children. You were interested in finding truths. You read and studied even when it wasn't necessary. You cared about me. You were a talker,  I could feel safe being quiet in a social setting. You encouraged me to grow. You held my hand. You excited me. You loved life. You loved to travel. You were able to look at each as a unique individual.  You were a hard worker. You were willing to do what it took to overcome. You loved me back. When you held me in your arms, I knew I was safe. We are one for all eternity, For that I am grateful. Aine posted a prompt a...

I posted this on a collaborative Genealogy blog , but wanted to have it for my kids too in case the blog should go away.  I will share with you the past few months of my life.  I worked with the Preserve the War of 1812 Pensions campaign for 3 years.  I loved the purpose and the activity of searching the files and finding living descendants.  When the funding was accomplished, my activity there was little needed, and I turned to other projects. At the same time, my children decided they and their children needed equal time with me and this is a bit of my journey into creating family history with my grandchildren and as I have written about before, bridging the generations. During the summer, we had our first family reunion.  This was important for those who could go because family had not gathered as a unit since my husband, their father, died in 2008.  All but two of 6 children could make it. The single son who was working and a daughter who was...

In September, my daughter decided that I could teach an hour class for 4 Mondays by Skype on World War II.  It was so much fun looking at the screen and seeing my 6 grands looking back at me from Idaho. I shared my screen with them and told them of the years leading up to WWII.  They were interested in the happening and choices made by the governments, and the people of the world's reactions from old newspaper clippings.  Their main goal was to hear about their great grandfather's experience which I had researched through old newspapers and his file and wrote about on a genealogy blog, Worldwide Genealogy   We had mediocre discussions, but I ended it with an appeal to them to learn of history and search out information for themselves so they would know what is truth. They were given documentaries, and things to read to remind me of what we had covered. The ages were from 3 to 15, learning abilities autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, and normal. They all lea...