Grandmother – Red Tent Living

Weatherer of Storms

By: redtentwomen January 20, 2023January 13, 2023

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationships, The HomeGrandmother, Heritage, Lacey Wood, Leaving a Legacy, Resilience, Storms of Life10 Comments

She is the ultimate weatherer of storms, a lifetime of inevitable storms because living means storms. You can’t have one without the other. A post-World War I childhood, adolescence forged during the Great Depression, entering adulthood as the nation entered World War II, she lived through storms.

If Wild Is Free

By: redtentwomen October 13, 2021September 28, 2021

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAdventure, Beth Bruno, Dreams, Grandmother, Risk, Safety, Wednesday in the Weeds2 Comments

I have a black-and-white photo of my grandmother from the 1940s that I treasure. She’s dressed in pants and a flannel, kneeling in the grasses of an Oklahoma prairie, focused on something ahead. Balanced on her shoulder is a rifle of some sort. Her hair is short and curled, messy from the breeze. And though…

Where the Orange Blossoms Are

By: redtentwomen October 8, 2021September 11, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipschildhood memories, Grandmother, orange blossoms, wedding band, Wendy Lipham, Wisdom6 Comments

Very few of my grandmother’s possessions survived the devastating fire that destroyed her clapboard home well after her eightieth birthday: four dining room chairs, a side table, and her front porch rocker. I am reminded how fortunate I am that two unique treasures of hers made their way into my hands. One she had already…

Embracing Innocence

By: redtentwomen September 25, 2020September 9, 2020

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBernard De Koven, childlike, Delight, Grandmother, Hope, Innocence, Susan Tucker2 Comments

“When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” – C.S. Lewis It happened almost every Sunday night. My parents and I would return home from the evening service at church, open the door, and be met by a burst of heat.…

Pink Blossom

By: redtentwomen August 19, 2020August 3, 2021

Day to Day, Faith, Femininity, Monthly ThemesGrandmother, Growing Up, Kindness, Little girls, Mary Jane Hamilton, Remembering, Wearing Pink14 Comments

The word “pink” has a special place in my heart.

The Price of Life

By: redtentwomen October 6, 2017October 4, 2017

Day to DayBecky Allender, Childbirth, Grandmother, Heroine, Labor, Labor Pains, Life, midwife, Mother, Remember13 Comments

I looked at the clock as the phone was ringing. It was 5:15 AM and Andrew was calling to let us know that his wife, Elizabeth, had just given birth to our grandson.

The Ache of Presence

By: redtentwomen December 2, 2016November 29, 2016

Intentional Livingadulthood, Becky Allender, Grandmother, Legacy, Marriage, Memory, Parenting, Remember, Thanksgiving27 Comments

I knew I had to bake a cake and be present to the past. It was not at all what seemed possible on these busy few days before the holidays. Everything within me wanted to stay disconnected from the weight that was creeping into my “to do” list.