Grandmother – Page 2 – Red Tent Living

Tilling Forgiveness Through Love

By: redtentwomen March 2, 2016February 28, 2016

Day to DayBecky Allender, Childhood Abuse, forgiveness, Grandmother, Grandparent, Legacy, Love, Parenting, Reparenting28 Comments

I loved my mother but she never was a safe person.

The Walk

By: redtentwomen January 5, 2016August 2, 2020

Intentional LivingAdolescence, Childhood, Grandmother, Lake Michigan, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mother, Parenting19 Comments

Happy New Year and welcome to 2016.

The Nutcracker: Making Dreams Come Alive

By: redtentwomen December 2, 2015November 29, 2015

ArtBallet, Dance, Dreams, Grandchildren, Grandmother, Love, Mary Jane Hamilton, The Nutcracker6 Comments

I love to dance. As a 7th grader I took ballroom dance lesson where I learned the Cha-Cha, the Foxtrot, the Waltz and the Jitter Bug.

Lingering in the “not-knowings” and “in-betweens”

By: redtentwomen October 15, 2015October 15, 2015

Art, TravelChildhood, Fear, Grandmother, Gratitude, Hospitalization of a child, life threatening disease, Psalm 23, sick child, Valerie Avery1 Comment

The IV pole moved slowly, propelled by a pale child with sunken eyes ringed with dark circles.

Grown Up Things

By: redtentwomen October 5, 2015October 4, 2015

Day to DayDeanna Sturgeon, doing hard things, facing conflict, Grandmother, Growing Up, Mothering boys1 Comment

My daughter-in-law called me the other day and said, “Please talk to Isabelle (my almost 5 year old granddaughter). She’s freaking out because she’s not a baby anymore.”

1st Day of Kindergarten

By: redtentwomen September 5, 2014August 24, 2015

Day to DayBack to School, Becky Allender, Facebook, Grandmother, Kim Simon, Mother14 Comments

I read a wonderful blog on Facebook today by Kim Simon. It was entitled: To My Fellow Mom’s on the First Day of Kindergarten.

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.