Happy Heavenly Father’s Day to two of my paternal first loves – father, John Willie Taylor, and grandfather, Willie Taylor, and . . .
. . . to two more of my maternal first loves -grandfather, Joseph Chapple, and great-grandfather, Richard Smith.
Special THANKS to Melanin Meanings for my brand new JUNETEENTH pin I plan to wear everyday throughout the month of June in celebration of Emancipation Day and the ancestors this year and beyond!
What I enjoy most about this pin are the symbols that went into the design of it.
Continue readingLooking for an extraordinary book to share with all the young readers in our family, let me recommend . . .
A DAY FOR RENEMBERIN’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
For readers in grades 2–5—
Leah Henderson’s latest tells the story of the first Memorial Day celebration from the perspective of a young African American boy whose family has recently been freed following the Civil War. The boy longs to go with his father to help him refurbish a racecourse that was made into a prison for Union soldiers during the war. Finally, he is allowed to assist in painting the fence while the adults establish a graveyard for the fallen soldiers.
Continue readingSpecial thanks to one of my high school classmates on Facebook for taking me down memory lane with a discussion about fruitcakes and Collin Street Bakery!
If you didn’t know, this company is the fruitcake capital of the US of A!
I remember after moving to Dallas in 1990, if I wanted to stay in peace at my parents’ home for the holidays, I had to stop in Corsicana, TX and pick up a specialty (peach, cinnamon & pecan) fruit cake just for my mom.
If you’ve ever traveled with me on a short 2 to 6 hour road trip, you know making stops other than to take an emergency restroom break is a NO-NO! So the idea of having to add a stop, on my way home, to pick up a fruitcake meant that I would get caught up in all the heavy holiday traffic headed out of Dallas.
Continue reading“Cousins by blood—friends by choice.”
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July 24th in the United States is the perfect day to send some love to those family members we call cousins.
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Claiming Kin Genealogy 