Front Porch Stories

Praise be!!!  We got our computer back today!  I have really missed having it, in more ways than one! I really enjoy writing and sharing stories here on my blog. I didn't realize how much more I used it for until it was in the shop.  Now that I have it back I will get back on track with everything. I hope that all of you get a great start to the New Year.  May the New Year bring each and everyone of you all the love, happiness and joy that it takes to make life worthwhile.  Remember to not over eat or drink and if you drink do so responsibly.

Merry Christmas!!!!  I want Santa Claus to get my computer repaired ASAP!!!!  The shop said it would be Jan. 1 before they could get my computer back to me!  Bummer!!!  Thank you all for stopping by, I will be back up and writing "next year" lol.  I pray that each and everyone has a very Blessed and Merry Christmas filled with love, family, friends and plenty of good food. 

When I was little it seemed we moved almost every Christmas.  Mama always made the most of it and tried to make things go smoothly.  When she and daddy first got married she traded with the peddler for ornaments to go on the tree.  There were twelve that I can still remember.  A few got broke over the years.  Then when my mom came to live with me we gave both of my sisters and my brother an ornament.  I still have three of those ornaments left.  One is green and shaped like an egg.  Two are bells, one red and one a clear purple.  I treasure those and will pass those down to my children in time.  I also remember the string of lights that she got from the peddler.  The bulbs were the size of a night light and there was a foil reflector that went behind it.  We moved this one Christmas Eve and my mom cut a puny looking little pine tree, then she wet it and sprinkled flour on it to make it look like it snowed, then we put the lights and ornaments on it.  That one little tree still stands o