Comments on: Decoration Day http://newlifestories.com/2008/05/decoration-day/ At some point, you just move forward Sat, 08 May 2010 19:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Janet Riehl http://newlifestories.com/2008/05/decoration-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37623 Janet Riehl Sat, 08 May 2010 19:03:43 +0000 http://newlifestories.com/?p=30#comment-37623 Ellen, If you don't already know about Story Circle Network--an organization for women who write memoir, I think you'd really like it. Janet Riehl .-= Janet Riehl´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.riehlife.com/2010/05/07/collective-motherhood-%E2%80%93-the-historical-recipe-to-peace-by-ernest-dempsey/" rel="nofollow">Collective Motherhood – The Historical Recipe to Peace, by Ernest Dempsey</a> =-. Ellen,

If you don’t already know about Story Circle Network–an organization for women who write memoir, I think you’d really like it.

Janet Riehl
.-= Janet Riehl´s last blog ..Collective Motherhood – The Historical Recipe to Peace, by Ernest Dempsey =-.

]]> By: Janet Riehl http://newlifestories.com/2008/05/decoration-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37622 Janet Riehl Sat, 08 May 2010 19:02:35 +0000 http://newlifestories.com/?p=30#comment-37622 Ellen, My great grandfather raised peonies to sell for Decoration Day. One year when they bloomed in time for Mother's Day, it was a great financial loss for the family. I, too, recall journeys to the graveyard with peonies transported in big tin milk cans. This was a wonderful family time as you describe so well. We also sang in the car. Good memories, all. Janet Riehl Ellen,

My great grandfather raised peonies to sell for Decoration Day. One year when they bloomed in time for Mother’s Day, it was a great financial loss for the family.

I, too, recall journeys to the graveyard with peonies transported in big tin milk cans. This was a wonderful family time as you describe so well. We also sang in the car. Good memories, all.

Janet Riehl

]]> By: Fran aka Redondowriter http://newlifestories.com/2008/05/decoration-day/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Fran aka Redondowriter Tue, 27 May 2008 05:37:14 +0000 http://newlifestories.com/?p=30#comment-39 A very fitting memorial, Ellen. We always went to the one cemetery where my grandparents were buried and now my parents, but I don't visit there often anymore. We called it Decoration Day, too. Keep posting to the blog, Ellen. It's so good to see you back. A very fitting memorial, Ellen. We always went to the one cemetery where my grandparents were buried and now my parents, but I don’t visit there often anymore. We called it Decoration Day, too.

Keep posting to the blog, Ellen. It’s so good to see you back.

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