Roberta Sarver
Copy of Thanks Living at Thanksgiving
Amid the flurry of activity this week, I was reminded of the reason we’re getting together on Thursday. We’re supposed to emulate the...
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Roberta Sarver
Nov 212 min read
How to Recover Your Memory
Did you hear about the lady who drove away from the gas pump with the nozzle still in her tank? She probably wished she had signed up for...
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Roberta Sarver
Nov 143 min read
Hearing Loss: It Helps If You Laugh
Do you ever feel frustrated with a friend or relative who has hearing loss? Wish you could help? Then read this insider's view. My...
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Roberta Sarver
Nov 71 min read
I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar
Grammar foibles from our friends
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Roberta Sarver
Oct 312 min read
Celestial Piano Lessons
Unique piano lessons for one pastor's wife.
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Roberta Sarver
Oct 242 min read
Drawn Swords/Help, Lord!
How one associate pastor dealt with conflict
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Roberta Sarver
Oct 173 min read
The Cattle on a Thousand Hills
Unusual answers to prayer
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Roberta Sarver
Oct 103 min read
Copy of Finding Buck
Did you ever cross paths with someone who was both loveable and exasperating at the same time? Then you will understand in our early...
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Roberta Sarver
Oct 42 min read
Cousin Cletus and Technology
Dear Cousin Rufus, Greetings from the city...er, country. Not much goin’ on here except shoppin' once in a while and rakin’ leaves in the...
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Roberta Sarver
Sep 272 min read
Five Things I Learned from People Over 50
Answering those who get annoyed with habits of people over 50
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Roberta Sarver
Sep 192 min read
Ordinary People Who Changed History
God often doesn't call the qualified; he qualifies the called.
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Roberta Sarver
Sep 142 min read
View from the Empty Nest
Empty Nest Syndrome: aka Parental PTSD
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Roberta Sarver
Sep 62 min read
Copy of Life's Simple Pleasures
In honor of Grandparents' Day this Sunday, I submit the following from a longtime grandma - me. Anyone who grew up in the last century...
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Roberta Sarver
Aug 292 min read
In Defense of Introverts
Some people are born salespersons. They could sell freezers to Eskimos. Then there are the rest of us. I usually end up giving away...
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Roberta Sarver
Aug 222 min read
The Unlikely Connection Between Shoes, Post-It Notes, and the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team
Jan Earnst Matzeliger, 1852-1889 Who knew that one young man saving scrap metal, old cigar boxes and pieces of wire could obtain a major...
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Roberta Sarver
Aug 201 min read
What It's Like to Be a Dad
Why kids adore their dads.
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Roberta Sarver
Aug 82 min read
The Other Faces on Mount Rushmore-Part Two
Which president's likeness is carved on Mount Rushmore between Washington and Roosevelt? Hint: his image also is on the $2 bill and the...
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Roberta Sarver
Aug 12 min read
Copy of The Other Faces on Mount Rushmore-Part One
Quiz: What four presidents’ faces are carved on Mount Rushmore? You probably easily guessed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but...
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Roberta Sarver
Jul 253 min read
Murphy's Law: Assault by Batteries
A car that's toast, and three other headaches.
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Roberta Sarver
Jul 183 min read
The Summer We Hope to Forget
After living in church parsonages for many years, we felt elated to buy a place of our own. However, we weren't prepared for the hazards...
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Roberta Sarver
Jul 43 min read
First Father Facts
I thought it might be enlightening to dig up little-known facts about the man we call the father of our country. You will find...
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Roberta Sarver
Jun 273 min read
View from the Bottom Rung
Eye-opening experiences at a homeless mission
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Roberta Sarver
Jun 203 min read
Ridding Your Home of Two-Legged Pests
Warm summer months are here. When we moved to the Midwest, we learned to deal with mosquitos, chiggers, ticks, and a variety of pests...
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Roberta Sarver
Jun 132 min read
Nathanael Greene: Quaker Turned Military Hero
What does a peace-loving Quaker do when an outside nation threatens his way of life? That was the issue faced by Nathanael Greene nearly...
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Roberta Sarver
Jun 62 min read
Granddaddy's Ten Rules For Livin'
Age-old wisdom from an Ozark mountaineer.
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Roberta Sarver
May 302 min read
Graduation Humor
With all the hoopla surrounding commencement speeches, I thought a little humor might lighten things up a bit. Am I the only one who...
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Roberta Sarver
May 232 min read
Bring Back Ben's America
If many of our founding fathers were alive today, they would be crafting things we never dreamed of. Thomas Jefferson invented a way to...
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Roberta Sarver
May 163 min read
Navajo Code Talkers: Quiet, Tough, Resilient
This Memorial Day we honor those who gave their lives serving in the US military. Perhaps no group deserves more honor than the Navajo...
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Roberta Sarver
May 92 min read
Mother's Day Letter to My Son
Dear Son, You enjoy unconventional things, right? Well, this Mother’s Day I’m sending a greeting to you. You know that education is...
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Roberta Sarver
May 23 min read
Mistaken Identity
(Image of a granny, but the one I look like is copyrighted by someone else.) Dear Sis, You won’t believe what happened to me last week. I...
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Roberta Sarver
Apr 253 min read
How to Be Your Child's Lie Detector
Try this on your children or grandchildren.
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Roberta Sarver
Apr 182 min read
Why I Hate Camping
I penned this letter several years ago, when we were crazy enough to take four young children camping for a week. What were we...
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Roberta Sarver
Apr 112 min read
Amazing Kentucky Revival part Two
What convicted the rawboned Kentucky outlaws to change their ways?
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Roberta Sarver
Apr 43 min read
Amazing Kentucky Revival
One of the earliest remarkable revivals on the Kentucky frontier.
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Roberta Sarver
Mar 293 min read
Copy of God Doesn't Call the Qualified; He Qualifies the Called.
Excerpts from book How to Pastor and Live to Tell About It: Lessons from Nehemiah by Roberta Sarver available at...
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Roberta Sarver
Mar 212 min read
A Hot Mess
The day little Junior re-directed church protocol. In honor of Pastor’s Wife Appreciation month, we offer another true story. This...
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Roberta Sarver
Mar 144 min read
Beggar at the Door
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Ever wonder what goes on in a church parsonage? In honor of Pastor’s Wife Appreciation Month,...
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Roberta Sarver
Mar 83 min read
Copy of Awkward Moments
This guest post is authored by our son Jonathan. We all can recall those tough teenage years of bumbling our way through times of change...
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Roberta Sarver
Feb 292 min read
The Unlikely Connection Between Shoes, Post-It Notes, and the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team
Living examples of resourcefulness and grit.
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Roberta Sarver
Feb 222 min read
Ordinary People Who Changed History
God likes to use ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things.
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Roberta Sarver
Feb 152 min read
Life's Simple Pleasures
In honor of Grandparents' Day this Sunday, I submit the following from a longtime grandma - me. Anyone who grew up in the last century...
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Steve Sarver
Feb 82 min read
Gym Etiquette 101
Note from Roberta: Today's guest post was written by my son, Steve. Disclaimer: I have never been to a commercial gym. I never plan on...
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Roberta Sarver
Feb 13 min read
Peeling Off Society's Labels
Labeling children early in life: help or hindrance?
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Roberta Sarver
Jan 252 min read
Getting the Cooties Treatment
How important are cliques to you?
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Roberta Sarver
Jan 182 min read
Survival Guide for the Snowbound
How to entertain bored family members
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Roberta Sarver
Jan 113 min read
We Survived Play in the Good Old Days
Why boomers grew up tough.
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Roberta Sarver
Jan 52 min read
Cousin Rufus learns Sensitivity Lingo
The old mountaineer learns about our changing culture.
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Roberta Sarver
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Thanks for the Memories
Bittersweet memories of a place we loved.
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Roberta Sarver
Dec 21, 20233 min read
Christmas Gifts: What They Left Behind
Christmas story with a unique twist
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About Me
I am a wife and mom who also happens to be an English teacher and a newspaper columnist. And, I am the daughter of one of those armchair wits.
During my childhood, as we sat around the supper table—we were country people who called it supper—our dad told funny stories about things that happened to him that day. And, often he punctuated them with comments about human nature.
It is in tribute to those wonderful insights that I offer this blog, which may make you chuckle and say, “Been there; done that.”
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