I Don T Remember Mama I Remember Granny

“I Don’t Remember Mama, I Remember Granny” is only part of the story of the life of Mary Jane Dixon who was our Granny. It is only part of the story of her life because she was already 54 years old before we (my siblings & I) knew her. It is a true story of the trials of Mary Jane. Though she was our grandmother, she became our Mama and our Granny. This is a story that should have been told at least sixty one years ago. To our readers, meet our Granny - - Mary Jane Dixon!

Merry Christmas, Millie: A Christmas Play in Three Acts is a story about Millicent James, who grew up as an orphan but finds love at Christmas. Millie is a Christian woman who enjoys sharing the love of Christ and his redemption plan to everyone, especially those who have strayed from the faith. At the request of an employer, the job agency needs a woman of Christian faith to be the live-in housekeeper and to care for his teenage daughter. Millie has all the qualifications and is hired and ready to do the job. The day Millie arrives at her new job, she is quickly smitten by her new employer, and he is also intrigued by her presence. However, during her short stay, secrets of her past surface, and her faith is rocked by scandal, trickery, lies, and deception. Confused, disappointed, and hurt, Millie realizes she is no longer needed or wanted by her employer. Trust is broken, and it seems as though evil has prevailed, right at Christmas time.

In a Palestinian town called Ramah, during the reign of King Herod, Amahl decided to leave home in search of power. Unlike the prodigal son, he finds himself in unfamiliar territory when it comes to worshipping Greek gods to quench his thirst for riches and power. His excessive thirst for power manifested itself into greed, selfishness, and tragedy! Amahl's parents were massacred. He and his siblings were being raised by their grandfather, Father Asa. Father Asa was a worshipper of the true God Jehovah, and he believed God would send the Messiah soon. Father Asa was getting older in age, and he wanted Amahl to settle down and take on this heritage. However, Amahl, being the oldest, had his own agenda and was instead becoming restless, angry, and disrespectful""hungry for power! Amahl became intrigued by Odessa, who introduced him to Greek gods that promise, not only gold, but wealth, success, and opportunities. Even though Amahl's heart belonged to another woman, he married Odessa in search for the gods of wealth. His long love for power became a reality when he became an innkeeper, and he fathered a son with Odessa. As greed began to overtake Amahl, he praised the gods because they had given him his heart's desire. While waiting for more wealth and full favor from the gods, tragedy struck!

A lighthearted picture book about Alzheimer's disease and dementia told from the perspective of a six-year-old boy. Appropriate for children in preschool through early elementary school. Granny can't remember that Joey likes soccer and rockets and dogs, but with Granny's stories of her Three Best Days, Joey knows she loves him just the same.

Karen Spears was nine years old, living with her family in a trailer in rural Tennessee, when her father, David Spears, was killed in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. It was 1966 -- in a nation being torn apart by a war nobody wanted, in an emotionally charged Southern landscape stained with racism and bigotry -- and suddenly the care and well-being of three small children were solely in the hands of a frightened young widow with no skills and a ninth-grade education. But thanks to a mother's remarkable courage, strength, and stubborn tenacity, a family in the midst of chaos and in severe crisis miraculously pulled together to achieve its own version of the American Dream. Beginning on the day Karen learns of her father's death and ending thirty years later with her pilgrimage to the battlefield where he died, half a world away from the family's hometown, After the Flag Has Been Folded is a triumphant tale of reconciliation between a daughter and her father, a daughter and her nation -- and a poignant remembrance of a mother's love and heroism.

Growing up on Main Street is my memoir beginning with my earliest memories when I was five years old. In addition, in two other sections I tried to capture the emotional and tragic time when my grandfather and aunt died two months apart. The third section is the illustrious story of my maternal grandmother and her siblings who remain on property where they were born and grew up for the rest of their lives

Anuahmae has a loving grandmother who has already faced and defeated the same demons that have been unleashed on her. Armed with faith, godly counsel, and love, Grandma helps Ann battle rough times and assures her of Gods victory.