Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Important Update to Nana's White Fruitcake

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Originally Posted at Little Merry Sunshine on December 5, 2009. Last weekend I sat down to make Nana's White Fruit Cake . Immediately...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

The House That Built My Mom

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Originally published on Little Merry Sunshine, August 17, 2010 . Right after Christmas, my Aunt Dixie died. She was Nana's last livin...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Nana Died Today - 1 Year Later

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Originally posted on Little Merry Sunshine on July 12, 2010. Today is the one year anniversary of Nana's death . I'm honestly at a...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Even Now Nana Continues to Surprise Me

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Originally published on Little Merry Sunshine on May 12, 2010. I've never really been certain that Nana was proud of me, even though s...

A Lifetime of Dreams

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Originally published on Little Merry Sunshine on May 11, 2010. As I go through the process of cleaning out Nana's house, I look around ...
Monday, March 22, 2010

I Think Nana Visited Me Last Night

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Originally published on Little Merry Sunshine , March 19, 2010. As I type this, my fingers are trembling. About 10:15 this morning, I opene...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Customer Service Then and Now

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Originally posted on Little Merry Sunshine , January 6, 2010. Anyone who deals with the public is in customer service. I don't care if t...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Count Your Blessings Every Day (My Eulogy for Nana)

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Originally posted on Little Merry Sunshine on July 18, 2009. Today was Nana's Celebration of Life Service at Crystal Beach Community Ch...
Friday, December 4, 2009

I Remember Mother - Eulogy by Virginia Paulk Gardner

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This is the eulogy my mom, Virginia Paulk Gardner, gave at Nana's Celebration of Life service in Crystal Beach, Florida and her funeral ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Nana Was Always #1 in Customer Service

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For the 40 years Nana worked at Ellis National Bank, which later became NCNB, and finally NationsBank, she was always recognized for her out...
Monday, October 19, 2009

The Power of Nana's Fruitcake

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I originally published Christmas Memories on Little Merry Sunshine on December 25, 2007. It was the last Christmas I spent with Nana and...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Nana's Date Loaf Candy

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In addition to Nana's White Fruit Cake , Christmas in my house wasn't complete with Nana's Date Loaf Candy. I'll be honest, ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Nana's White Fruit Cake

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Nana was famous for her fruit cake. I know fruit cake gets a bad rap, but you haven't tried Nana's. It is light and airy and quite...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Mrs. Bredemeier Goes to Europe

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Reverend and his sister Imgard at her home in Minden, Germany. In 1971, Nana got remarried to Rev. CWA Bredemeier (see p. 4 of link). He w...