Before I respond to this week's questions, I want to thank all of you who commented and have prayed for me regarding my health adventures, detailed in my last post.
Once again a tough experience has taught me valuable lessons, proving no experience is wasted in God's economy.
On a comical note, my iPhone 16Pro has facial recognition, as well as a passcode. It automatically uses facial recognition when I use it, but when my nose was stuffed with that packing ("Rhino-pak"), my phone did not recognize me at all. I had to use my passcode.
On to the Hodgepodge questions ...
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| Young Love my maternal grandparents in the 1920s |
1. Next Sunday is Grandparent's Day. Share a favorite memory, photo, recipe, or something you learned from a grandparent.
For most of my life, my family has not lived even in the same state as my grandparents, let alone close by, so I don't have a lot of memories spent with them. However, my maternal grandmother would always greet Sister and me with a nearly bone-crushing hug when there was a visit. I mean, BONE CRUSHING! We couldn't even breathe. But we were her only grandchildren and the visits had to be, of necessity, infrequent, so she really let us know how much she loved us and missed us.
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| my grandparents (a few years later) |
That experience effectively communicated to Sister and me how our "Grammer" (as we called her) felt about us. I am reminded of the famous quote by Maya Angelou, "... people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
2. What's a quote from a book (besides The Bible) that has stayed with you?
As I remember it, "Me thinks she doth protest too much."
When I looked it up just now, this is what AI had to say:
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a famous line from William Shakespear's play Hamlet, spoken by Queen Gertrude.
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| Queen Gertrude |
Shakespeare was not my favorite because I did not understand much of his writings; but now, these decades later, I can appreciate him more.
3. What's your number one food pet peeve?
I'm not sure I've ever had a food pet peeve, but I have a life-long abhorrence for liver. My mother used to cook it when Sister and I were very young. It has a very strong smell when cooking, so we would begin to cry, knowing dinnertime was going to be a bad experience with gagging and tears, reprimands, and so forth.
Years later I asked Mama why she didn't prepare liver any more. She shook her head and said, "It just wasn't worth it!" ðŸ¤
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| Sister and me: united in our dislike of liver and in our love of puppies ~1956~ |
4. What's one thing about you that is still the same as it was when you were young?
My eyes are brown.
5. September is National Preparedness Month...does your family have an emergency plan? Do you have some sort of preparedness kit you keep on hand? If so, tell us one thing that's kept there.
As Florida residents, we feel prepared for a hurricane, although we live inland some 60+ miles, so a tornado or fire would be more of a threat. We have extra water on hand and plenty of canned food in the pantry, along with a can opener, of course. If we had to grab our meds and leave in a hurry, we could probably manage. As for documents, we have the most important ones in a very safe place, keeping in mind that most truly important documents are on-line these days. (that goes for photos, too)
6. Insert your own random thought here.
And we know that in all things
God works for the good
of those who love Him,
who have been called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
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| from my FB friend Karen L. |
Until next time, grace and peace.
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