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Sharry Graham commented about Two Farmers in a Field, On Friday June 19th, 2009 12:05:34 PM
I am Hobo Andys mom. His dad Jerry and I were married may 18, 1952 which makes 57 years and we have 5 children, 15 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. 9 of our grandchildren have graduated from college, 3 in college and 3 in school. Unfortunately people let you down from time to time Andy because none of us are perfect. I have been reading the memoirs of a lady I do not know personally but do respect very much. This is something she wrote. Try--and o boy, how hard it is- to find the good in people and not the bad. I remembered many years that I wasted so much time worrying about things wrong with my mother. Look For The Good In Others. Clara Barton, founder and president of the Red Cross was reminded of a terrible wrong a friend had done to her. Dont you remember a person asked her. No, replied Clara firmly. I distinctly remember forgetting that.Is not it better to keep a friend than make a enemy. Value your friends. They are your most important asset. Enjoy life.Do not cry over things that were or things that are not. Enjoy what you have now to the fullest. You only have 2 choices. you can like what you have or dislike it . It is best to have fun because no person likes a whiner. Above all, seek God. He will come to you if you look. Now Andy,mom says, you do not have to be pleased about what has happened but please do not take the attitude, My Way or The Highway. It is alright to hold people accountable but do not get carried away in your hurt and anger because you feel another person has not lived up to your expectations. Remember, none of us are perfect and our family has some very sad things going on at this time but we always can see others with worse problems. Count your Blessings and Be Happy. You have a family that will always stand by you and love you and say a little hehe because your sister has a son exactly like you. We all love it.
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Sharry Graham commented about Empowerment Worries Me, On Thursday June 25th, 2009 09:08:28 AM
Andy, The older I grow the less I know. Why? This is a big, big world I live in and I realize that perhaps 10 of what I read in newspaper, newsweek and see on TV is barely accurate. I go up town to coffee shop and what I hear is perhaps 2 correct. It is only how the people think in their mind it is and I expect a lot of information we receive the people it comes from really believe they are correct. Does it really matter? I have decided in the big scheme of life being happy, healthy and paying my bills is the only thing of true importance to me. Of course I will always be trying to find out interesting things about our world just like you are.
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Sharry Graham commented about Fighting the Ageing Process, On Sunday October 18th, 2009 01:46:58 PM
Andy's Mom Your dad got a real bang out of this blogg Andy. He said the words were very true. It is also true when your dad and I have our picture taken for you kids your dad always says who is that old man and I say who is that fat old lady. He never used to be old, had dark hair and everything. I never used to be fat when you were a kid and looked young for may age. OH WELL, we had more fun adventures in our life than most people we decided. Some people think we are nuts but we both love to move to different locations and start a different type of lifestyle, live on lake, big city, little village, in a house or a apartment whatever. There are only 2 states in the USA we have not been to. We go to Chubbies and people make fun of us because when we do not show up for a few days they know we went on what we call a little adventure. They call it tiring and stupid. Your dad is 77 years old and I will be 76 before long. We plan on moving to a different place one more time in our married life, NOT THE NURSING HOME, and doing anything that happens to come to our mind that sounds like something we have never done that will make us hold hands, give each other a kiss and bring a smile to our face. That Is the way life should be we think.
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Sharry Graham commented about My America HoboTraveler.com 2009, On Tuesday October 27th, 2009 06:02:05 PM
Andy's Mom Well that was a great video of the Jerry Graham's home village. We lived in the north end of town while all 5 of you kids were growing up and when your sister Bambee was a senior in high school we moved to the lake, a home we had for 29 years. You Andy bought a house in ft Wayne, remodeled it and was ready to sell it so your dad and I bought it from you. It was home in the winter for almost 12 years. Grandma and Grandpa's home was a place Andy and his brother and sisters enjoyed many hours of their life at in Orland so it seemed natural for his dad and I to move back. The village actually has only a little over 300 people now and is seriously a old peoples town. We all know each others children and all the skeletons in each others closets BUT we all care about each other in a very special way. This house we live in is actually lucky to be here. It was built in the 1800's and Orland had a fire and it burned right up to this house. The brick Masonic building was wood at that time and burned to the ground, as did the hotel, bakery and many other dwellings. The train station that is still in orland was moved to it's present location when the railtroad moved away. Our home was a stuco house and had a place on the side for a horse and carriage. Later a family put shingles on it. We tore down the cement walls along the carriage place and and put on new yellow siding, We did not destroy the inside old charm of the home but enjoy the memories Grandma and Grandpa gave to it. Next door is a simple little home with a lot of history. This is where the underground railroad people were brought when they were carefully sneaked into Orland. They were taken from house to house in this village and would escape into Michigan as we are one mile from the state line to a safe haven. In the summer we give tours on Saturday about this event in history. We were called Vermont settlement in the beginning. and believe it or not we had a college in this town. How do I know all this. I have read numerous books and helped get a grant for our library by telling the history of Orland. It is true. We are small. We are boring. We do not have lots of things to do BUT we all keep busy doing what we do best, going to church, helping each other, reading, watching TV, having carry in dinners, playing cards, bragging about our kids, trying to make Orland grow, even arguing some and of course we do way too much gossiping but this was a great place to raise children and some of us old yahoo's would like to see more young families move in. I do not know what a tuck tuck is but I do know we have Lots of horse and buggies because we have huge Amish families who call this village their home town too. Andy's dad tells people he cannot get my mind out of Ft Wayne and that is true but I do not need to go to the graveyard to visit my Mother because when I miss her I sit in her kitchen and think of her love and my growing up days and when I walk down the streets of Orland I know this is as good as it gets for our family.
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Sharry graham commented about Haiti Orphan Photos, On Friday November 13th, 2009 12:01:41 PM
Andy's Mom The best of the best. That is all I can say about this blogg. So wonderfull and yet heartbreaking. God Bless this very special couple who give their very best to these children that they might have a great day, know God's love and perhaps one by one make Hait a better place to live.
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