Category: Stories

Peggy Carr Dodd

More poems by Peggy Carr Dodd #2

A POEM TO JEFF

Well,  a new school year has begun,
Are you going to study,or
Will you just want to have fun?
The decision is yours to make.
I hope it is right, for your sake.
Just keep this thought in mind,
A boy of your intelligence should do fine.
If he will only do his best,
On daily work  as well as tests.
And then, when a reward comes your way,
You will be able to say,
“I earned it with study,
And not with play!

The moral of this poem is for Jeff to see,
The more good grades he makes,
The greater his reward will be!!!

Composed by Peggy Carr Dodd for her nephew, Jeffery Bryan Rush

September 3, 1971

Peggy Carr Dodd

Poems and sayings of Peggy Carr Dodd

While going through some boxes at Mama and Dad’s house in Checotah,  I found a large folder labeled “Poems by Peggy”.  As I sorted through them, I laughed, cried, and saw a reflection of my Mama’s heart captured in her own words.  She has written funny little verses to her sisters, daughters and other family members that depict her sense of humor.  Other verses reveal her pain in sorrow, the anguish of injustice, and the joy and comfort of the Lord.  Let me share a few with you, her beloved family.

MY LAST VISIT WITH MAMA (more…)

Juanita Carr Rush

Ali Goes Home Early

Alborz_MountainsPicture Tehran, Iran in the early 1970s. The Shah was still in power. The students had not yet taken 52 American citizens hostage at their own Embassy. While there was tension between Iranians and foreigners, it had not yet gotten to the point where it was unsafe for them to be there.

My father , David M. Rush, worked for an aerospace company who had sold helicopters to the Shah’s Air Force. He was assigned to set up a repair and maintenance program for those helicopters with the Iranian Air Force. Since it was to be a long assignment, my mother, Juanita Carr Rush, and the 3 boys still at home (Mike, Jeff and Mark) (more…)

Perry Schulze

Life as a child growing up in Texas ….

Life as a child growing up in Texas ….

Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little bad-ass compound Dukes Collection 1bow beginner kits.  Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take6 rounds before it goes down? (more…)

Stories

The Feather Bed

I haven’t added a whole lot besides names and dates that I’ve come up with along the way and a lot of pics that I found in my grandmother’s old shed.  So here’s on that I heard about a lot when I was younger and more when I started hunting genealogy more extensively.

A little background first.   My mother, Nancy Kathleen Kelly, is the (more…)

Grandma Austin

Genealogy Update on Nancy Ann Trobaugh Austin

Nancy Ann Trobaugh Austin was Mama Carr’s mother and my great grandmother.  Because I share her name ,Nancy, I have developed a keen interest in her personality and heritage.  Regrettably, this interest has developed after my Mama, Peggy Carr Dodd developed dementia and can not answer my many question.

Much to my surprise, our doorbell rang Sunday, the day after Christmas, and there stood two strangers who introduced (more…)

Lucille Carr Seifert

Tribute to Lucille Carr Seifert

Things my mother, Lucille, taught my sisters and me
By Carolyn Seifert Lohn

  1. Do a little dance. Lucille taught us girls a love of big band and carr_evelyn_lucille_lwestern swing, especially Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She and the aunts kicked up their heels in the dance halls quite a bit back in the day.
  2. Have a sense of humor. Lucille is always cracking jokes and telling stories, and we’re always listening. Just a tip though, don’t pull her finger.
  3. Be self-reliant. Hard work never killed anybody, and everybody is supposed to work. And she did, every day. (more…)
Juanita Carr Rush

Juanita Sings for Dinner!

frankie-and-johnnyThe week-end before we were due to leave for Corpus Christi to celebrate Aunt Lucille’s 85th Birthday I received a call from Carolyn Lohn. She invited us to spend the night on the way down to break up the trip so to speak. She said she would feed us dinner when we got there and breakfast the next morning before we headed on to Corpus. (more…)