Just a Hello

Rita,
Ha! Ha! The word 'mulligrub' definition is not "mean" at all. It is an old Frontier word meaning 'to be down', 'to be a bit lonely' 'to be in thought alone'. History books record, Women in the isolation of traveling to the Midwest were known to say 'they were in the mulligrub' because there were not many or very likely not any other women on the trail in which to talk. It comes from the word mull which means “a period of deep thought”. And grub bushes are everywhere in the Midwest and are ugly, as well as, depressing. I just wasn't sure of the spelling. So thus, when I am here in the house, alone and working, and perhaps feeling isolated a bit, I think about about something you wrote on the blog in your 'mountain talk' (which I love)..........well...it makes me smile or laugh outright.

Trish, what ever happened to all the poetry your Mother has written over the years? This one has a 'sort' of flavor...of your her poem the Coal Miner's Wife I believe she called it.
She used to show me her poems when we would come home on leave. What a treat if we could find them and put them in a book for all in the family. Each family could pay for their copy to be assembled.
Your writing is a 'treasure'. What a gift! David keeps a letter or a few in his Bible from his Dad. Being David's wife... (Wow! after so many years I still love to say "being David's wife')....it is amazing to see the talents of all you younguns.
Gotta run I have a quarterly Teen Sunday school curriculum to write.
I send all the love that one could send in a blog to all of you. I pray for you daily.
Julie