Tag: Ruth Robbins

• A Tree, a 100-Year-Old Friend, and Lots of Memories

  Twenty-six years ago Mim and I left Chicago to move back to the family farmhouse in Wisconsin – the farm where I had grown up, also where my mom had grown up and lived almost her whole life. My brother re-modeled the farmhouse for us to make it our perfect home – doubling the square…

  Marian

  May 24, 2018

  Celebrations, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  100 days, 100 years, birthday celebration, Chicago neighbor, hundredth birthday, Memorial Day, memories, Memories Day, neighbors, old oak tree, remodeled farmhouse, Ruth, Ruth Robbins, target practice, tree stump, two-flat, Uncle Helmer

• Friends and Relatives, Cats and Dogs

  How many friends and relatives, cats and dogs does it take to make one’s life wonderful? Hundreds. Maybe thousands. What it takes to make a life wonderful is to learn to appreciate – to be thankful for – the  enrichment each person and pet contributes to one’s life. During the last couple weeks, Mim and…

  Marian

  August 11, 2015

  Celebrations, E-Retreats, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  beer garden, cats and dogs, family reunion, friends and relatives, funeral, Jacobson family reunion, life wonderful, love your neighbor, Mim, Mim Jacobson, Moody’s Pub, neighbor, Roger Hovey, Ruth and Elaine, Ruth Robbins, wonderful life, Zoe