My mother kept a journal for MANY years…oh, it had nothing to do with her
feelings, but mostly with WHAT was happening in our family and in our community.
I’ve told you MANY times, that Mother LOVED…She LOVED with her whole heart
and soul and she LOVED people who did NOT like her…She did EXACTLY what she was
MANDATED to do in the Bible…
I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the journals and see
WHAT was happening in Springfield, Tennessee on This day in several years…
She kept track of who died, who was having a birthday, and YES, you BETTER
believe that SHE sent them a birthday card!
She was remarkable in her correspondence with people…On this sheet, she
had Bob’s (my oldest brother) address and the address and name of his dorm AND she had when Bob would have ROTC
drills…she had the phone number of a friend whom she invited to CELEBRATE with
us upon Bob’s return from Army Basic…it was a VERY tough time for him and she
was SO PROUD of his accomplishement!
I even found a journal that Daddy kept in 1962. We had sharecroppers and he would document
DAILY who worked for whom and what they/he did…I find it interesting that on this
day, Daddy Electioneered and THEN stopped buy calf feed! I WONDER who he electioneered FOR…I can bet
my bottom dollar that is was a DEMOCRAT and that it was probably for some local
election! I just wonder…
In 1998, Mother was having a CRISIS because she could no longer get the
journals from Clinard’s that she had used for years and so she just made do
with a notebook…BOY, This week was FULL!!
The 27th was on a Sunday and I see that she went VISITING as
she often would…Bob was to fly to Baltimore…She installed CPW officers at
church (CPW is Cumberland Presbyterian Women)…And Carney Bell had a tragic
accident…Carney was the long-time funeral director at Austin & Bell…He was
a VERY pretty man and very personable~~aren’t most funeral workers? He was amazing in that he would cut out
articles about people from the local papers, laminate them, send them to the
people in the community and write a short note…he PROBABLY had his secretary to
do most of the work, but I always was VERY impressed because he did NOT have to
do this! I also found it very funny that
Mother spent a great deal of that week base coating for me!
I would Pay her $5/hour to base
items so that I could paint the details when I got home from work…Our First BIG
SHOW was always the first weekend in November!
YIKES…boy, she and daddy were a lifesaver for ME!
1991was another busy week…On this day she went to a retreat at church and
made peach cobbler and tea…BOY, it does NOT get much more Southern than that…A
friend of hers died that week and of course, she went to the funeral…She did
her BEST to attend funerals of those she loved!
AND I had a craft show in Greenbrier that Saturday…YIKES, it was so
SLOW, but Mother and Daddy stayed so I could stay at home and paint!
Oh, my cousin had a birthday this week in 1969 and that is my middle
brother’s writing…Notice that Mother wrote with a Blue fountain pen…she used
that pen for EVERYTHING and for YEARS until it could no longer be
repaired. I see that on the 25th
both Brian and I had sleep-overs…I can GUARANTEE that we got up in the middle
of the night to take Julie home…she ALWAYS got homesick! And sadly, the guy that spent the night with
Brian was arrested a few years ago for domestic abuse…What bad decisions we
sometimes make in life…sad..
1962 was the year I was born…Mother was VERY VERY pregnant since I would be
born on October 30…She did not have very much written, BUT I think it is funny
that she went to visit her twin sister in Clarksville with her friend, JoNell,
who was ALSO very pregnant…She would have her daughter, Marcia, 2 days after I
was born! I also find it interesting that
I randomly chose the year 1998 to show you since she went to visit Marcia on the same date years later! hmmm...I guess it just proves again the NOTHING happens by coincidence...
I was sick this week in 1971 with strep throat! I remember Mother boiling all the plates,
bowl, silverware that I used to eat…It hurt my feelings and I missed school…Can
I get a BIG BOO HOO from YOU!!
1965 made me sad. It tells that they
found Uncle Bud on the floor when they got up the morning of the 27th…But
it shows that Mother had The David Moore’s for lunch on the Sunday before this
happened and how we had visitors.
I think this is an amazing part of history…No, none of my family has
changed the world and probably NEVER will, but I DO KNOW, and this is proof,
that We have made a difference in some people’s lives and THAT is SUCCESS! I have a great heritage and this is just more
proof…
I hope you had fun seeing a little bit of what happened on this date in my
community…I plan to share more…Have a GREAT day, and why not start keeping a
record for YOUR family to have one day…maybe they don’t care now, but one day,
they just might!
…blessings to YOU…~charlotte
It is so nice to look back on these - good time and not so good times as well - and relive those days. I find that I am even doing that with my blog posts - as I can remember the days so clearly when I go back to read them. These journals are to be cherished, as you know! Thanks again for sharing, Charlotte! Have a wonderful day! :) Sheila
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