Dee Livingston
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Lover of Life, Learning and Love
Stories (16/0)
Fashion in Miniature
Grandma Ollie worked magic with the meager gifts she had been endowed with. When I say "meager gifts", I mean with our dirt poorness, she would make marvelous things out of almost nothing. She could make a masterpiece of a blackberry cobbler from the berries we picked on the side of the railroad tracks that ran through the tiny southern Illinois town. Homemade biscuits and fried chicken--Better than "Finger lick'n good!" And, while she had a way with food, she was even a more masterful artist with a pair of scissors, some needles, thread and scraps of fabric. Grandma Ollie did everything with joy. Her spirit was contagious!
By Dee Livingston3 years ago in Families
My Mom Was a #BossMom Before The Word
My mother and father wanted nine boys so they could have their own baseball team. When my brother Lemont arrived, they were very encouraged. When my sister Tresa arrived, they were just a little disappointed. When they tried again, I was the second daughter -- Things were not looking so good for the baseball team. They analyzed the situation and realized that even if every subsequent baby was a boy, they would have to produce. feed and care for eleven children. That was more than they had bargained for. So, they changed their goal to raise each of the three children they had been blessed with to reach their maximum potential--to be a star in their own right!
By Dee Livingston3 years ago in Families