November 2013 – Red Tent Living

A Grandmother’s Legacy

By: redtentwomen November 29, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to DayBilly Graham, Christmas, Family, Grandmother, Grandparent, Jesus, Katrina Putman, Lawrence Welk, Sunday5 Comments

Almost a year ago, my grandmother died. She was 99 years old

Please, Pass the Pie

By: redtentwomen November 28, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to DayAllison Johnson, Grandmother, Katy Johnson, Mother, Pie, Pumpkin, Pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving, Tracy Johnson8 Comments

There’s a very old, worn notecard in a recipe basket that reads “from the kitchen of Tracy Johnson,” and on that card is the recipe for our Great Grandmother’s pumpkin pie.

Shedding the Fear of Hope

By: redtentwomen November 27, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to DayAnna Hull, Change, Christianity, Hope, Jesus, Texas2 Comments

It seems like it takes forever for the trees to shed themselves of their leaves in Texas.

Bethany’s Thanksgiving Playlist

By: redtentwomen November 26, 2013September 17, 2015

ArtBethany Cabell, Gratitude, Holiday, Jesus, Michigan, Playlist, Texas, Thanksgiving1 Comment

Sometimes it feels like Thanksgiving gets overlooked on our way to Christmas.

Gratitude for a Certain Puffy Shirt

By: redtentwomen November 25, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to DayFamily, Grieving, Home, Maureen Gebben, Parent-in-law, Parenting, Remembering, sew5 Comments

I was a new bride and I didn’t know how to sew.

Letting Go to Taste Life

By: redtentwomen November 22, 2013March 10, 2017

Recipes, Red Tent DinnerDreaming, Ellen Oelsen, Jesus, Lasagne, Red Tent Dinners, Red Tent Weekends3 Comments

I sat across from her, a woman I barely knew, sipping coffee, listening, sharing and hearing stories and dreams.

I can’t see, but I can feel

By: redtentwomen November 21, 2013September 17, 2015

ArtBeauty, Becky Schulthess, Christianity, Jesus, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, Texas3 Comments

While at the Red Tent Living Weekend Nov 1 – Nov 3, I asked God to show me His love.

November Gratitude: “Come Ye Thankful People, Come”

By: redtentwomen November 20, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to Day, TravelBecky Allender, Come Ye Thankful People Come, Gratitude, Loss, Ohio, Parable of the Tares, Scioto River, Thanksgiving18 Comments

It was 2005 and I hadn’t been home for Thanksgiving for thirty years.

Soup and Suffering

By: redtentwomen November 19, 2013September 18, 2015

RecipesBroth, California, Chicken soup, Comfort Food, Cook, Creamy Chicken Soup, Janet Stark, Marriage, Soup, Wild Rice8 Comments

The rain has been falling steadily since early this morning, leaving a gray, cold, heavy feeling in the air.

Missing the Farmer’s Wife

By: redtentwomen November 18, 2013September 18, 2015

LiteratureArkansas, Dairy farming, Family, God, Grieving, Love, Marriage, Mother, Robyn Whitaker, The Farmer's Wife11 Comments

“I don’t know why God kept bringing me farmers for suitors!