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Martha Rasche
May 25, 20241 min read
A Quote
“What hooked me on family history was not names and dates. It was the handed-down stories that bring the dead back to life.” — Olive Ann...
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Martha Rasche
Apr 18, 20249 min read
My Mother's Eulogy
Mary Ann (Beckman) Rasche Sept. 4, 1926-April 13, 2024 Funeral, April 17, 2024 On the first Saturday of September in 1926, in a two-story...
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Martha Rasche
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Never too Late
I've had a couple of Life Stories experiences lately in which the person I am writing about is deceased. Their stories are being told by...
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Martha Rasche
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Getting to Know Papaw
A few weeks ago I spent a Sunday afternoon with a group of four siblings and some of their spouses and children. The gathering was in...
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Martha Rasche
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Short Stories Can Say a Lot
Sometimes the shortest stories are the most memorable. Two things from the funeral I attended recently have stayed with me. The minister...
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Martha Rasche
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Dear High School Graduate
Congratulations! Some of you already have started full-time jobs and others of you are looking forward to beginning college in the fall....
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Martha Rasche
May 30, 20231 min read
Family History Up in the Air
A local woman turned 100 this month and celebrated by taking a plane ride from the county airport. I caught her picture on a TV news...
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Martha Rasche
Mar 31, 20231 min read
A Quote
"There is a reason the word history has, at its heart, the narrative of one's life." -- Jodi Picoult's "The Storyteller"
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Martha Rasche
Jan 23, 20232 min read
A Matter of My Heart
Once each on Jan. 13 and 14, I noticed my heart beating incredibly fast. Each event passed, and I went on as normal. By the second night...
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Martha Rasche
Dec 2, 20221 min read
In Appreciation for My Sisters
I am the sixth of nine children. When I was in the third grade, all of my four older sisters went away to school; three were in college...
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Martha Rasche
Oct 19, 20223 min read
20 Years of Joy
This month finds me celebrating a milestone anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! Independent demonstrator. Stampin’ Up! is a papercraft company...
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Martha Rasche
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Stories from my Harmonica Teacher
I picked up another bound copy of life stories from the printer earlier this month. This time the stories are of my 97-year-old harmonica...
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Martha Rasche
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Here Are Your Evening Plans
If you don’t have very important plans for 9 o’clock (Eastern time) tonight, I urge you to watch the PBS documentary about the mental...
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Martha Rasche
May 17, 20222 min read
‘God bless you. Good night.’
As a child, my bedtime ritual — after brushing my teeth in the only bathroom our family of 11 had — started by dipping the fingers of my...
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Martha Rasche
Mar 9, 20222 min read
John the Storyteller
When I visit with my sister Barb and her husband, John, it never takes long for John to get into storytelling mode. He grew up in French...
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Martha Rasche
Feb 14, 20222 min read
‘Stories in Stone’
During our recent icy weather, with my work at a local thrift store canceled, I spent time putting together the scrapbook of my September...
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Martha Rasche
Dec 25, 20212 min read
Others’ Christmas Memories
I recently came across some notes I took a few years ago during some “Remember When” discussion groups I led. They are just too good not...
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Martha Rasche
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Storytime with Mom
My 95-year-old mother has resided in a nursing home for three months, and my siblings and I are all finding new ways to make the most of...
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Martha Rasche
Sep 20, 20211 min read
A Taste of Fall
Three of my sisters and I went on a bus trip to Vermont last week. Another quartet of sisters also was along, as were multiple other...
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Martha Rasche
Jul 28, 20211 min read
A Quote
“Within their pages, books contain the wisdom of the people who wrote them. Books never lose their memory.” — Professor Morgenstern in...
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