“Parents and grandparents are usually the first and
most important teachers in a child’s life.”
-Teresa Bell Kindred
The Faith-Filled Grandmother
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I’m Teresa Bell Kindred, the bloggy-est nana in the hood….
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High School Memories and Once a Hornet Always a Hornet
If you attended Metcalfe County High School when Mr. Chambers was there then you know how great a coach, cheerleader and all around person he was. He embodied school spirit and when he attended pep ralleys and asked/told everyone to spell Metcalfe, we obeyed. And if we didn’t do it loud enough to suit him,…
Losing People We Love Creates Holes in Our Hearts
Losing People We Love In a world full of billions of people, I am so thankful for the relatively small number of awesome people God has allowed me to walk this earth with. Yesterday I attended the celebration of life service for one of the people I am most thankful for, my Aunt Kate. See…
Our Small Town Drugstore and The Good Old Days
Small Town Drug Store Our little community is so small that we know a large number of the residents. Because I was a teacher a lot of the time I know their parents and grandparents, too. Today I went to the drugstore on the square. It was almost closing time and the store was nearly…
Young Love Between a Soldier and His Bride
Young love By Blenda Blevins Chapman Daddy was born in Huntington, West Virginia in 1922. A few years after he was born his family moved just over the river to Kentucky. The last year mom was able to talk to me coherently, she would share pieces of her past life with me. She had experienced…
Expert Advice from the CDC about Drug Safety
Drug Safety Tips There is no doubt that special bonds exist between grandparents and their grandchildren. No grandparent ever wants to put their grandchildren in danger, but easy access to medications (prescriptions and over the counter) is extremely dangerous. And before you say, “I keep my pills where my child or grandchild can’t get them.”…
Why I Cried Buckets Full at the Post Office
Today I went to the local post office….and cried. It wasn’t because it was time to pay my taxes. It wasn’t because I had a big bill to pay. The reason I cried is because the postmaster I knew and loved passed away from a heart attack. When I say I loved him, I loved…
The Faith-Filled Grandmother
With accompanying scriptures, devotions, and prayers, The Faith-Filled Grandmother will inspire, empower, and relay God’s promises to a new generation of grandmothers—from fearful first-time nanas to seasoned grandmothers—as well as new parents and women’s ministry pastors.