I don't have many of Grandma's writings, but when she wrote something down, she sure had something to say!
Here are two of my favorites:
The Way I try to live
"I try to treat others as I have them treat me I find that
works out very well and I try to go to church each Sunday and Sunday School I
find that I always get a lot of good out of this. I try to keep up with my
house work as I find it easy this way to do a little each day and that keeps
everything in fairly good shape and try and thank the Lord each day for my
health as I have always had fairley good health and I am thankful for my
children as they have been good to me in all ways and also thankful for in laws as they also been very nice to me
in all ways. I try to look on the good side of life that keeps us feeling
better.”
The second writing many of you have seen; a comparison Mattie wrote about her life at the turn of the century compared to the life of a modern woman of the 1950's. Her final message was:
"If people could just calm down now days and spend a little time together with their family we would no doubt have more happy homes..."
A Country Woman of 40 Years Ago
A Woman of 1952-1959
Mattie, her children, and her grandchildren in 1952
Bob, Louise, Stanley, Mattie, Janice, Elgin, Pauline, Fred, Aletheia,
Linda, Saundra, Jim, Ellen
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