Yesterday Avondale United Methodist Church sponsored a blood drive. The goal was 16 units, and 25 units were collected. I mentioned the drive yesterday afternoon to the people at my Madrigalia Bar Nonne rehearsal, and someone talked about them passing the plate and then passing the platelets. It was a good enough pun that I had … Continue reading Pass the plate, pass the platelets
#26 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks and sing; You festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King; REFRAIN Rejoice, (Rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), Rejoice, give thanks and sing. 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned … Continue reading #26 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
A Blast of the Past #24: Carly’s Second Birthday
Going from Christmas to birthday in the pictures shows a connection in the gifts between the two. The Unfinished Furniture store was getting a lot of business from us. Well, maybe not a lot, but all the business we had available. The big gift of the birthday was a toddler bed. Like the toy chest … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #24: Carly’s Second Birthday
A Blast of the Past #23: Christmas 1998
Browsing through the pictures this way often allows us to date memories that we have. From the pictures I can see that Christmas 1998 was a significant year for memorable objects. It was the year the letter trains. We gave both our daughter and her cousin trains that had cars made of letters that spelled … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #23: Christmas 1998
A Blast of the Past #22: Cute Cousins
The fall of 1998 seems to have a few of clear themes in its pictures: Reading, Cute Cousins, Sleeping in Odd places. I'm going to combine a couple of these, pictures of the cousins with books, and then miscellaneous reading and book pictures.
#25 The Great Creator
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 How I praise the great Creator, Who did make this world so fair; As I scan the realm of nature I can see His image there. 2 In the steep and on the hiltop, There I find … Continue reading #25 The Great Creator
A Blast of the Past #21: College Reunion
I wrote a blog post about ten years before the reunion that is the subject of today's post. For this is the 10-year reunion. At graduation I had no idea where I was headed. At the five-year reunion I saw many people who were couples, and I was single. Yet my college sweetheart (we did … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #21: College Reunion
A Blast of the Past #20: Return to Caton
The summer of 1997 saw the Eastern branch of the family visit us in Missouri. The summer of 1998 was our turn to visit them. That summer they got to see what was then the youngest Lightfoot. We got to see some of them for the last time. Many of the pictures have both generations … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #20: Return to Caton
#24 We Magnify Our Father God
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) Again, not a hymn that I really know (I made the same comment with #22), but in this case I found it easy to play and read on the first go through, and laden with theology and the … Continue reading #24 We Magnify Our Father God
A Blast of the Past #19: Easter through the years
I came across these first couple of Easter pictures from 1998 and thought they were so cute, but I really didn't have enough with them alone to warrant a blog: So I decided to pick out photos from Easter through the years to augment the story. Quite interesting what years we took pictures, what ones … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #19: Easter through the years
At The Rainbow 