History, Real Life and Faith
The Five Little Monkeys books by Eileen Christelow are a hit in my county. My husband has used the books as a tool for reading enrichment the last four years. He’s part of a group that spends half an hour a week in a local elementary school reading with first and second graders. His company supports the activity and he and…
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Generous family members contributed to my research for Mrs. Oswald Chambers. Ancestry.com posts information from people all over the world. People upload their family histories and share their data, stories and even photos. Their generosity makes researcher’s tasks much simpler. Uploading a family tree By simply uploading family trees, many genealogists provided me with information I sought. Knowing a birthdate or birthplace enabled me to access…
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We visited the submarine museum in Pearl Harbor recently. For my young adult daughter, it was fun to see the boats. For me, it was like old home week as I saw many submarines I knew in person, fact and fiction. It gets that way when you spend 20 years of your life linked to one submarine or another. The…
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What happens when a novelist writes a biography? I can’t speak for other biographers or novelists, I can only describe my challenges and joys. Here are four. Stick to the facts, ma’am When I began writing the biography of Mrs. Oswald Chambers, I already had written a novel in which Biddy is a character. My as-yet-unpublished-novel is about a woman who attended Oswald…
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My eyes always went to Diamond Head when we traveled toward Honolulu. Our family lived on O’ahu for four years and the craggy extinct volcano rearing over Waikiki Beach was my daily reminder we lived on an island. I’ve seen it in all sorts of dramatic lights and enjoyed the view each time. We visit it every time we return “home.”…
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We weren’t positive her name was Marian Lemaine. The Marian was certain, but her last name was vague–maybe Lemon, perhaps Lehman? Her goddaughter didn’t know for sure. Marian was important to Mrs. Oswald Chambers, but we knew little about her. I needed to find out. This how I did it using Ancestry.com Basic facts We knew she must have lived near Woolwich, England…
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