Little Bears Family Pages
Welcome to the
"Granny Flat"
This page is under re-construction
"But speak thou the things which
become sound doctine: That the aged men be sober, grave,
temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged
women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good
things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste,
keepers at home, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of
God be not blasphemed."
Titus
2:1-5
* Introduction * Titus 2 Links * Some of my own role-models in the faith *
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Some of my 'role-models' in the Faith
I was brought up in a Christian home, and was brought to the Lord both by the prayer and efforts of my parents, and the teaching of my pastor and sunday school teacher: Stan and Eleanor Britain, American Missionaries from an organisation called "Baptist Midmissions". My 'role-models' in the faith include, in addition to 'real-life' people, writers such as Mary Pride (the Way Home), as well as friends on internet mailing lists for 'keepers-at-home'.
About my Parents
My mum is very creative, and her current passion is "dried-flower-in-baskets-arranging". She is also a member of a local choir. She reads a lot, and she likes Catherine Cookson and Georgette Heyer. She is a 'keeper-at-home'.
My dad is retired, and spends a lot of time studying: mostly the Bible, and he has an interest in Biblical Hebrew, Greek and Latin. He has also devised his own shorthand system for note-taking! He goes to a local Baptist church.
My mother-in-law is a new Christian. She is a keen gardener and arranges floral displays for her local church. She is also quite keen on ballet and opera - we have been to the ballet a couple of times with her church social group, and recently saw a performance of Verdi's La Traviata.
My Nanny (maternal grandmother) was a woman of a simple and steadfast faith whom I admired very much. She was a keeper-at home and was full of wisdom I wished I had learned more of.
This, sadly, is the only photograph (around 20 years old) that I have of my dear 'Nanny' as many of my treasured photos have been lost. My Nan was a very keen and successful gardener, cook and housekeeper, and she's pictured here basting a turkey one Christmas. We always used to spend Christmas at her house as children, so Christmas is never quite the same without her. In fact, she passed away just before Christmas at the grand old age of 82 so Christmas always has a tinge of sadness now. She was also a very keen writer of letters to friends and family.
Nanny & Grandad went to a pentecostal church (although I don't think either of them were actually pentecostals themselves!). Grandad was very involved with missionary work, but he passed away when I was still quite young and I don't have any photos of him, sadly. I remember him playing the piano, but my fondest memory is of him reading a story to us called "Gobbolino the Witches cat" which he always used to pronounce wrong as "Gobbolobski" and have us in stitches laughing about it!
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© Sharon
Mortemore
10 February, 2001