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Nostalgia. Reflection. Legacy.

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Episode 306: Still She Waves →

Today we celebrate Independence Day. It is a day of celebration for parades and families, and we see our nation's flag flying in the breeze. As a mother and grandmother, I save precious thoughts that my children and grandchildren have written. Recently, I ran across an essay that my daughter Kathy wrote when she was 13 years old and in 8th grade. On this Independence day, you too may appreciate these thoughts written by a teenager.

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tags: Warm Thoughts, thoughts, patriotic, independence day, America 250, American flag, America, Fourth of July, Still She Waves, Kathy Graumann, parades
categories: family, quote, education, generation, history, holiday, memories, service, reflection
Tuesday 06.30.26
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 188: The Flag of Stars & Stripes →

It is that time of year when many patriotic thoughts arise as we see the flag flying high in the sky. I am very impressed in my travels to note where homes fly the flag on a daily basis.

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tags: flag, day, America, home, June, liberty, stripes, fly, February 12, October 12, January 20, April 6, continental congress, freedom, hymn, mother, birthday, speaks, November, inauguration day
categories: quote, history, holiday, education, service
Tuesday 06.27.23
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 140: Healing Liberty →

It is that time of year when many patriotic thoughts arise as we see the flag flying high in the sky. I am very impressed in my travels to note where homes fly the flag on a daily basis.

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tags: flag, America, February, liberty, June, day, freedom, patriotic, continental congress, inauguration day, January, american flag, thoughts, fly, Marion, October, birthday, stripes, stars, workmen
categories: holiday, quote, education, history, service
Tuesday 06.28.22
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 74: America's Hope for the Future →

November. We are thankful as we complete the gathering in of ripened crops that mature under the autumn skies. In November we honor our veterans who fought so that we stand free. We give thanks for our freedom of worship set in the beginnings of the pilgrims' landing, and the signing of our Declaration of Independence. It is the month when Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address November 16th 1863, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. So that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. J. Edgar Hoover wrote an essay about the hope for America's future.

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tags: nation, November, God, home, America, family, harvest, prayer, hope, godless, thought, milestone, moral decay, treasured moments, warmth, prosper, rebirth, essay, gathering, veterans
categories: reading, reflection, family, service
Tuesday 11.10.20
Posted by Trina Harger
 

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