When we were pretty little we kids used to have strange contests to prove ourselves and see who was the bravest, strongest and most enduring. One of these archaic rituals was our fire ant contest! We would look for the biggest ol’ fire ant mound we could find and take a vote on which two […]

Once while we were living in Mississippi in an old farm house some unexpected guests drove up in our gravel, well, more like dirt, (actually grass) driveway! They were from the church our Dad had just resigned from! Well our house was not exactly company ready to put it politely, especially we girls room! Those […]

Our parents were having trouble getting us all to bed at a reasonable hour so they made a rule that everyone had to be in bed by 9:00! No excuses would be accepted. All violators would be spanked! Well, Steven was thirteen years old at the time, the oldest child and quite certain that he […]

Once our whole family had traveled up from Mississippi to Hancock MD. to visit relatives. Everyone was staying at Grandpa and Grandma’s except Steven who was staying at Nanny’s house down the road. When Steven got to Nanny’s on the first night she met him at the door and welcomed him in! Steven, being the […]

Once when Rebekah, Rachel, and I were the only ones home, Rachel decided to make some bread.  When she was finished, though, she was kind of skeptical- she thought that mybe it was a little hard (Rebekah and I did, too, but of course we didn’t say so). When everyone else got home they were […]

Once when we were living in Booneville, a few of us kids decided to take a walk to the creek behind our house.  We had to walk through some woods to get to it. Rachel and I ran upstairs to get our shoes on, and we decided to wear flip-flops since it was so hot!  […]

Elisabeth and Rebekah had stayed up late like they sometimes did, talking, then Rebekah had fallen asleep.  All the lighs in the house were off, and everyone was in bed- at least Elisabeth thought everyone was in bed- so she was a little disturbed to hear the toilet flushing.  “Oh well,” she thought, “Hannah or […]

One Sunday after the morning service Rachel and I went home with some friends.  We spent the day with them.  They had two girls – Brittany was my age and Shelby was about Rachel’s age. When it was almost time to leave for the evening service, we were talking and decided that we would really […]

Elisabeth and Rebekah had just been to a friend’s house where they had watched a movie.  In the movie, a word had been said that the girls both knew they weren’t allowed to say. When they were home later that day, Rebekah saw Elisabeth, and got an idea!  She rushed over to her, and with […]

Rebekah had gone down to feed the chickens, and she was wearing her favorite ring.  It had a little pearl in the middle – not a real pearl, but that didn’t matter to Rebekah.  One of the chickens really liked this ring, and always pecked at it.  Rebekah didn’t mind, she actually kind of enjoyed […]