Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri
Katy is represented by
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WordServe Literary
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- As with everything in life, balance is key.
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Unto The Third Generation
A little tidbit I found this morning in the fallible archives, circa March, 2002:
“I just know there’s a book inside of me,” my grandmother said matter-of-factly, when I was a wee girl.
And then we made a fabulous pie from homegrown peaches, which we devoured that night with pan-fried chicken and biscuits and garden-fresh green beans.
“There’s a book in me, waiting to come out,” she insisted, when I was only thirteen, but she was sixty-three. I had to wonder, what’s it waiting for?
And then she taught me how to sew, and to knit, and to embroider, and to paint with oils and watercolors. But she didn’t write a word.
“I’ve got a story,” she said one day, when I was all grown at nineteen, with the beginnings of a story of my own.
And then she died, never knowing how completely she’d written volumes on the pages of my life.
I’ve got a book in me, just waiting to come out.
- Isn't it interesting that she talked about having a story, but you are getting to write one. I think we probably all have a story, but some of us can't write it and some of us don't want to share it and some of us are oblivious.
Posted by Sandi Thompson on 09/03/08 at 10:10 AM
- Sandi--My grandmother really sowed into my life, giving me MUCH to write about. We have the advantage these days of conferences and tons of instruction books and the Internet. I doubt she even knew where to begin with her desire to write a book. BUT she wrote one on my heart. Oh, yes, she did.....
Posted by Katy on 09/03/08 at 01:47 PM
- Beautiful... Your grandmother may not have written pages, but she did give her story...to you.
Posted by Gracie on 09/03/08 at 10:08 PM
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