Tag: Bess Streeter Aldrich

  • Christmas during difficult times. “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2024)

    Merry Christmas!  Evening.  Darkness early.  Memories.  Seeing the past scenes of our life in our minds.   So many emotions come with the week before Christmas.  No matter what we go through, within each of us (I believe) there is a desire to look forward – to not spend the holiday season with only the memories…

  • Mothers. Entering Scenes of Past with Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother by Bess Streeter Aldrich (May 2025)

    Good morning! Beautiful green Nebraska scene. Verdi Prati (green meadows in Latin). Bird songs have an irritating ring as they balk after a disturbing night of winds..  My morning angel is helping them hold onto their new little nexxts which are getting battered as I type.  This morning I will be rewriting out of a…

  • Time Passing so Quickly “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)

    Good morning.  I’ve typed and typed and taken out and put in different paragraphs that I’ve underlined.  I’m not going to change anything else.  If I leave out any more paragraphs some of you that would’ve been encouraged or helped wouldn’t get the chance.  My fingers ache, but I want you to have these thoughts…