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Correspondence Through the Years: Old Letters

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   These days with email and social media we may lay aside letters never to read them again, if we even get any at all, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, which can never be irrecoverable for ourselves or others.   Said Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Letter my dad wrote to my mom, he was a truck driver. Which is so true and sad and I as the family genealogist keep all of them and scan them into our family tree. I am most grateful to my father for never throwing anything out. I found so many treasures, as well as some old war letters my grandmother saved and I now have.  Letter from my grandfather George Edgar Robertson while serving in WWI google image google image google image     Aren't they fun, I have ink and c alligraphy  pens, I Am not very good at handwriting and my printing is not well either, but I do love to write. I love wax seals and send letters off to faraway places and receiving mail is a most treasured gif...
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Stage 212: Miracle Worker

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    This evening, I am taking my Momma to Stage 212 to see the Miracle Worker. We have seen the Helen Keller movie many times, so we are really excited to see the play.    We try and go to as many plays as we can. When I was young my mom took me to plays and I even got to go to a couple ballets when we lived in California. They felt so magical to me, and I have taken my children and grandchildren as well. My old grandson Christopher has been in a few school plays and now he has been in a production through Dakota Stage in Bismarck, N.D. I would have loved to of seen him perform. Such a blessing.     I feel as though I am missing out on so much of their lives while I am here. I feel so torn between my duty as a daughter and where my heart really lies. I feel so broken. But I will take a deep breath and breathe and enjoy the time I have with my Momma. God knows better than I do where I need to be for now.    I shall update this to let you know ...
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Decorating

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   I love to decorate, doesn't matter if it's for holidays, birthdays, or just my little attic apartment. It's just something I have always had a passion for and loved to do. Above is Fall Decorations on Momma's coffee table. Below are photos of my attic apartment and of my gems. Here are some of my party decorations I have done for various people. Baby shower for a fellow employee Above are photos of a hot coca bar I set up with a photo backdrop and props Above are Work Thanksgiving party I set up for the employees Above is a Valentine Party for a group of ladies who call themselves Soul Sisters Above is Halloween at my folk's house I love this stuff so much!!!  
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Craft Fairs

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     When I live in Bismarck, N.D. I always wanted to be a part of the Craft Fair circuit, but it cost too much. You have to join their club, and the fee was hundreds of dollars.   After moving to Illinois, I ran into a mother and daughter who ran craft fairs. It was affordable and Voila, there I was buying a tent and tables and selling my reversible bags, with my momma helping. We have had so much fun and these are memories I will have to hang on to when she is no longer here. So precious. I named my business, Gwen's Boutique & Party Planning.                            I now have two tents We are taking this year off as we did not make much money toward the end of last year and frankly, I am beat, I made two hundred bags for Burgoo and I didn't make one sale and the spot was expensive. The year before I made about $600. People just aren't buying like they were and I now trends happen, but it ...
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Leaving Home

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   One of the hardest things I have ever had to do was leave my beloved hometown. Bismarck, ND had been my home for thirty some years from 1979 to 2018.    I packed up a U-Haul and towed my car, with my cat Wulfric on my lap I made that sixteen hour drive straight through to Peru, IL. Destination, my parents house, To help them as they are aging and will need me.    I left my four daughters and my ten grandchildren behind. I cried the entire trip and for a year I cried myself to sleep. I never knew homesickness, but I was getting a large dose of it now.    My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer the first few months after my arrival, I knew I made the right decision, but I still missed my family. My dad was diagnosed with dementia and has had several strokes and is now in a nursing home.     I have been here almost seven years, I hate it. I have no friends. The women here have their cliches and will not let you in. Something I ne...
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