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I'm grateful for everything written so far and wanted to share a poem. This poem was on a little piece of paper and tacked by the window in my country Granny's kitchen....And wow did she have the dishes...12 children and never an electric dishwasher there. She had some build in two hands helpers and it was a wonderful sharing time standing and helping.....And not many fancy machines -- no food processors or microwaves ....no ac, cooked on a woodstove for all but the last 5 years of her life and then didn't like that at all.....Anyway I digress.....
"Thank God For Dirty Dishes
Author Unknown
Thank God for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry,
We're eating very well
With home, health, and happiness,
I shouldn't want to fuss;
By the stack of evidence,
God's been very good to us. "
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Granny was always so cheerful and kind. I'm grateful for all that she taught me and all the memories and her nonstop optimism even in the face of great difficulties. She always took time to listen although I'm sure she had so much to do....I felt like the most important person in the world as she gave her full attention to me... When her husband died at a young age, she finished raising up 9 children and that was no small task but she managed to make a living out of her dirt farm and put so much life and example in all her children and family. We never missed a meal, or a church service and I never knew until I was in my 20's that she was poor because I thought she was the luckiest to live in the country with all those animals...the cows, the pigs, the chickens, the dog.......and had fruit trees and a pond and always had the best biscuits and food to eat!
I'm grateful for Granny. I wish she had lived to see me now.....I remember seeing chickens outside of her kitchen window as I see them outside of mine now.....So many good memories.......Thanks for letting me go down memory lane a while.....
Have a blessed day and keep sharing!
"Thank God For Dirty Dishes
Author Unknown
Thank God for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry,
We're eating very well
With home, health, and happiness,
I shouldn't want to fuss;
By the stack of evidence,
God's been very good to us. "
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Granny was always so cheerful and kind. I'm grateful for all that she taught me and all the memories and her nonstop optimism even in the face of great difficulties. She always took time to listen although I'm sure she had so much to do....I felt like the most important person in the world as she gave her full attention to me... When her husband died at a young age, she finished raising up 9 children and that was no small task but she managed to make a living out of her dirt farm and put so much life and example in all her children and family. We never missed a meal, or a church service and I never knew until I was in my 20's that she was poor because I thought she was the luckiest to live in the country with all those animals...the cows, the pigs, the chickens, the dog.......and had fruit trees and a pond and always had the best biscuits and food to eat!
I'm grateful for Granny. I wish she had lived to see me now.....I remember seeing chickens outside of her kitchen window as I see them outside of mine now.....So many good memories.......Thanks for letting me go down memory lane a while.....
Have a blessed day and keep sharing!
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