Continuing The Tradition of Sunday Dinners
Growing up Sundays usually meant church followed by Sunday dinner at my Grandmother’s house. We would all gather to eat and enjoy each other’s company. There were always family stories, old and new. It...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Celebrating Ashley’s Birthday
Amanda, Ashley, and Connie Families grow in the usual ways through births and marriages, and sometimes God has other plans. In elementary school, Ashley was my daughter’s best friends despite the one...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Peach Cobbler
My Mom and Grandmother loved any kind of cobbler. And when the peaches came in, there was sure to be a peach cobbler for dessert. But my mother and grandmother did not always cook with a recipe, they...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Cubed Steak and Back to School
First day of school 2002 Tomorrow the children in our area are going back to school. Yesterday Walmart and Target were filled with parents and kids searching the aisles for school supplies. It...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Grandmother’s Applesauce Cake
Grandmother’s Applesauce Cake This past Friday would have been my Mom’s birthday. My mother loved birthdays. For our birthdays, she would always buy two cards–one thoughtful and serious and the other...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Damascus Pumpkin Spice Pound Cake
Whenever I see pumpkins, I can’t help but think of a little girl named Damascus, who is the antagonist in The River Witch by Kimberly Brock, the 2013 Georgia author of the year. Damascus is a unique...
View ArticleThe Beginning of a Family Tradition
Mary “Naomi” Goudelock1886 – 1958 I never got to meet her. She passed before I was born and yet she has had such an impact on my life. My first reaction when I first saw this picture was to wonder what...
View ArticleMeatloaf Beaumont Village Style
Meatloaf has long been a family favorite. We often had it on Sundays at my maternal grandmother’s (we called her Grandmother) house, but for many years we had it every Monday evening at my paternal...
View ArticleOn Cooking My First Sunday Dinner
One of the first Sunday Dinners at my home. Grandmother with two of her great-grandchildren. It wasn’t much different for me than it had been most of my life. I got home from church in time to make the...
View ArticleSunday Dinner: Naomi’s Legacy
Mary “Naomi” Goudelock1886 – 1958 Every year my grandmother and mother would plant gardens. They were usually small. Grandmother’s fit in a bricked off area that had once been the foundation for a coal...
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