I have been researching my family history, and I recently discovered that my great-grandmother's cousin, Joseph V. Truhler, was drafted and lost his life in WWI in 1918. He was only 24, and sadly, he was killed just an hour after joining active combat. According to the newspaper articles I've found, the family first heard the news from his friends ( Read more... )

I always try to make it my tradition to post an entry for the new year. I’m a little late this year, but I wanted to post something anyway. :) (For anyone actually watching my journal - I think there are a few of you still out there, lol *waves* - you can also consider this the long-overdue update I’ve been promising ( Read more... )

2013 was a difficult year all around ( Read more... )

Anyone who happens to watch my journal knows that I don’t often post personal entries. But this feels like something I should post about ( Read more... )

In many ways, 2012 was a year of upheaval.

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It’s going to be 2012. Hard to believe isn’t it? It’s less than an hour away where I am, but I’m shaking my head, wondering where 2011 went, lol. I’m also still trying to figure out what to say here, because 2011 was an interesting year for me. Praise God, it was more peaceful on a personal level. The family members who were struggling with ( Read more... )

I couldn’t help feeling like I should write something here, because it feels right to mark this day, and I wanted to do this for anyone who might be reading who was too young to remember September 11, 2001. That really struck me recently. Ten years seems like a shorter span of time as you get older, but for children…one of the boys in my Sunday ( Read more... )

It’s been my tradition to write an LJ entry for my birthday. Well, my birthday was the 8th, and I’m now 24. And wow, does that sounds strange. Lol, I just looked back at my other birthday entries, and yes, I really do seem to say that just about every year, but it’s especially true this time around, lol. I don’t feel old at all, but I keep going ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe that it's going to be 2011 in a few hours. Is it just me, or did 2010 seem to fly by? It feels like I say that every year, but this year it seems even more the case. (Though part of that for me probably has to do with being in school, lol. I'm so focused on school work, before I realize it, a few weeks have gone by, lol ( Read more... )

I skipped a writing an entry for my 22nd birthday last year. I just…never got around to it. *blushes* Okay, I was lazy, I admit it, lol. But, I wanted to do one for this year (even if it’s just a little late, lol ( Read more... )