America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/
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| Granny Lucille's house at 222 W. Franklin, Liberty, Missouri. Copyright 1959 Marcia Norwood |
For as
long as I remember...the ornate, cement flower pot (one of a set of
four) graced every front porch of every house my Granny Lucille owned in
Liberty, Missouri. I was born in 1949. Granny Lucille was born - as she used to say - "in 19 and 5." She lovingly planted her four matching cement flower pots to overflowing with scarlet-red geraniums each spring.
Sometimes I helped her. We dug in the dirt together, and Granny told lively tales about folks in our family that my mother (her daughter) never dared to mention.
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| Granny Lucille. Copyright 1959 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
"I'm the STORYTELLER in the family," Granny Lucille would say. "Momma passed it down to me, and I'm passing it on to you, Marcia. When you grow up - tell your children and your grandchildren stories about me and my mother and our family, so when we all get together in Heaven, they will know me."
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Granny Lucille's Flower Pot on My Front Porch Copyright 2007 Marcia Norwood |
"This is Granny Lucille's flower pot," I said to my own nine-year old granddaughter, Megan, as she helped me dig in the dirt. "Granny was married three times, and buried all three husbands. Once, she owned a dance hall, and she loved to garden. I helped her plant scarlet-red geraniums in this very pot when I was a little girl."
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Granddaughter: Megan Jewell |
"They're impatiens," I said. "Granny Lucille was the STORYTELLER in the family. Granny's momma passed it down to her, and she passed it down to me, and I'm passing it down to you, Megan...and to Ben and Kristin and Dave and Sarah and Faith and Joshua and Emily and Caleb. When you grow up - tell your children and your grandchildren stories about me and Granny Lucille and our family, so when we all get together in Heaven, they will know us."
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| Granny Lucille's Family. Copyright 1915 Marcia Norwood Granny was about 10 years old in this photo. She is in the center, just behind and to the left of her mother. Circa 1915 |
WHO IS THE STORYTELLER
IN YOUR FAMILY?
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah, Grandsons Caleb and Joshua, Granddaughters Megan Jewell and Emily Grace. Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood |
"Tell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children
another generation."
and let your children tell their children,
and their children
another generation."
Joel 1:3
HOLY BIBLE
King James Version
To those I will never know, oh
To my great, great, great grand daughter
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand son
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand daughter
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand son
Live in peace, oh, live in peace
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
Oh, remind me
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
Oh, I may never know
Eve was the first but she wasn't the last
Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/sara-groves/generations-lyrics/#uFA1CrhOq06R56gk.99
8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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Four Generations. Copyright 1976 Marcia Norwood
Marcia (Center Back)
Her Mother: Natalie (Left)
Her Daughter: Kristin (Center Front)
Her Granny Lucille (Right)
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What stories are you passing on
to your children and grandchildren?
What's your legacy?
"Remind me of this with each decision,
generations will reap what I sow.
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
to those I will never know."
These are song lyrics written by Sara Groves.
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| Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
Two of my daughters (Sarah and Faith) one of my granddaughters (Megan Jewell) and I had the opportunity to meet Sara at a women's conference in 2011.
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| Daughters Sarah and Faith, Christian Songwriter & Recording Artist Sara Groves, and Granddaughter Megan Jewell. Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
I had the opportunity to talk to Sara Groves, and I told her that her song, GENERATIONS, was one of my favorites. I asked her how someone (as young as she was) could have so much wisdom about generational thinking. Sara said she was very close to her grandmother, and she got it from her.
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| Christian Songwriter and Recording Artist Sara Groves. Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
Listen to Sarah's song.....
GENERATIONS
Song By Sara Groves
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vem45JhIZIo&spfreload=10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_WmVFAIP8
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| Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
Sara Groves - Generations Lyrics
I can taste the fruit of Eve
I'm aware of sickness, death and disease
The results of our choices are vast
Eve was the first but she wasn't the last
And if I were honest with myself
Had I been standing at that tree
My mouth and my hands would be covered with fruit
Things I shouldn't know and things I shouldn't see
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
She taught me to fear the serpent
I'm learning to fear myself
And all of the things I am capable of
In my search for wisdom, acceptance and wealth
And to say that the devil made me do
It is a cop out and a lie
The devil can't make me do anything
When I'm calling on Jesus Christ
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
image: http://static.urx.io/units/web/urx-unit-loader.gifI'm aware of sickness, death and disease
The results of our choices are vast
Eve was the first but she wasn't the last
And if I were honest with myself
Had I been standing at that tree
My mouth and my hands would be covered with fruit
Things I shouldn't know and things I shouldn't see
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
She taught me to fear the serpent
I'm learning to fear myself
And all of the things I am capable of
In my search for wisdom, acceptance and wealth
And to say that the devil made me do
It is a cop out and a lie
The devil can't make me do anything
When I'm calling on Jesus Christ
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know, oh
To my great, great, great grand daughter
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand son
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand daughter
Live in peace
To my great, great, great grand son
Live in peace, oh, live in peace
Remind me of this with every decision
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
Oh, remind me
Generations will reap what I sow
I can pass on a curse or a blessing
To those I will never know
Oh, I may never know
Eve was the first but she wasn't the last
Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/sara-groves/generations-lyrics/#uFA1CrhOq06R56gk.99
Philippians 3:7-14
New International Version (NIV)
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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| 2 Daughters, 2 Grandsons, and 2 Granddaughters. Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood |
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| 2 Daughters, 2 Grandsons, 2 Granddaughters. Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
GOD has entrusted us with children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, students and children of friends and neighbors.
Will we pass on a curse or a blessing?
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| Granny's Flower Pot on my front porch. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
Thanks for stopping by!
Come back often, and invite a friend!
Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/
