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Deana Landers
MorningCoffeeBeans.com
I am passionate about writing stories and love to share them with readers. I am happy to share my life with my readers. ?
Deana Landers
MorningCoffeeBeans.com
My mom had dark auburn red hair and beautiful green eyes. She had 13 children, but only 11 of us lived. We lived on a farm in Juliette, Georgia. She cooked our meals, made our clothes, taught us how to care for ourselves, and loved us.
One day I was sitting alone outside digging holes in the Georgia red clay beside our house. The ...
Read MoreSometimes we are so busy rushing from one activity to another that the days slip by way too fast.
If it isn’t a physical activity, it can be our minds constantly trying to figure things out.
Maybe it’s just me, but if my mind grew muscles with all the thinking and figuring I sometimes do, I wouldn’t be able to car...
Read MoreWhen you come to a stop sign or red light, you stop and look both ways. Likewise, at a yield sign, you pause and look both ways. It keeps us safe.
The same thing happens when we take care of ourselves. We must know when to stop, pause, and take a break.
After spending two weeks with my husband in the hospital this year, I n...
Read MoreA few months ago, I read a quote that said, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” It made me stop and think.
Recently I bought a yellow rose bush. I am working on creating a small rose garden in front of our house since we removed all the Juniper bushes.
The yellow rose bush reminds me of when m...
Read MoreOur daughter, Carol, died on July 3rd, 1980. She was 19 months old. It was devastating for us.
We adorned her small casket with beautiful white daisies. Our family and friends filled the church with arrangements and lots of daisies.
We decorated the church with daisies, my favorite flower when we were married. Our niece and...
Read More“Please, God, don’t let my Papa die this week. That’s all I got to say. Amen.” That was my 9-year-old grandson’s prayer when he had to take him home early because my husband had to be admitted to the hospital.
It started a few weeks ago when I woke up and heard my husband stumbling through the dark hallway. ...
Read MoreMy sister Juanell is my hero; I called her Nell. Her name was never in the newspaper, and she was never on television. She didn’t finish school because she was a wife and mother by age 16. When she was 26, her husband walked out on her after giving birth to their seventh child. Frances was born with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome(LGS), a rare and...
Read MoreStanding at the sink with suds dripping down onto their bare feet was a fun way to wash dishes for my children when they were little.
I would pull a chair up to the sink for them to stand in and then fill it with warm, sudsy water and provide little things they could wash to entertain themselves.
While I did the rest of the...
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