Built on a Strong Foundation: The Women that Came Before Me.

A strong woman is one who can build a firm foundation ​with the bricks used to block her path Every once in a while, I have one of those days that remind me that no matter what I am going through, I come from a long line of very strong women.  I…

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How did they meet?

Sarah Anne (Healy) Hawley, my great-great-grandmother, remarried after her first husband William, my great-great-grandfather passed away in California in 1914. The man she married was Asahel Atherton. They got married on October 30, 1919, in Beaverton, Gladwin, Michigan at the L.D.S. Church. Their marriage was officiated by another member of…

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Treasure Chest Thursday: Grandma’s Bible

My McKenzie family has experienced two significant losses over the past year and seven months. My paternal grandmother Edna Jean (Burt) McKenzie passed away on August 26, 2013, and my father Tom Orlando McKenzie passed away on November 6, 2014.  Both my father and his mother were amazing people that…

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