Roberta Sarver
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 29
- 2 min
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 22
- 2 min
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 8
- 2 min
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 1
- 2 min
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 25
- 3 min
Murphy's Law: Assault by Batteries
A car that's toast, and three other headaches.
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 18
- 3 min
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 4
- 3 min
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 27
- 3 min
View from the Bottom Rung
Eye-opening experiences at a homeless mission
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 20
- 3 min
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 13
- 2 min
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 6
- 2 min
Granddaddy's Ten Rules For Livin'
Age-old wisdom from an Ozark mountaineer.
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Roberta Sarver
- May 30
- 2 min
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 23
- 2 min
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 16
- 3 min
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 9
- 2 min
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 2
- 3 min
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 25
- 3 min
How to Be Your Child's Lie Detector
Try this on your children or grandchildren.
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Roberta Sarver
- Apr 18
- 2 min
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 11
- 2 min
Amazing Kentucky Revival part Two
What convicted the rawboned Kentucky outlaws to change their ways?
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Roberta Sarver
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Amazing Kentucky Revival
One of the earliest remarkable revivals on the Kentucky frontier.
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Roberta Sarver
- Mar 29
- 3 min
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 21
- 2 min
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 14
- 4 min
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 8
- 3 min
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 29
- 2 min
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 22
- 2 min
Ordinary People Who Changed History
Roman gladiator--one whose history was changed. Have you ever thought that just one person could change the course of history? It...
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Roberta Sarver
- Feb 15
- 2 min
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 8
- 2 min
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 1
- 3 min
Peeling Off Society's Labels
Labeling children early in life: help or hindrance?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Getting the Cooties Treatment
How important are cliques to you?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Survival Guide for the Snowbound
How to entertain bored family members
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 11
- 3 min
We Survived Play in the Good Old Days
Why boomers grew up tough.
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus learns Sensitivity Lingo
The old mountaineer learns about our changing culture.
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 28, 2023
- 2 min
Thanks for the Memories
Bittersweet memories of a place we loved.
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
Christmas Gifts: What They Left Behind
Christmas story with a unique twist
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 14, 2023
- 2 min
Surviving Christmas Visits with Young Children
So you’ve committed to hosting the family Christmas get-together at your house. What were you thinking?! Seriously, it can be a time of...
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 9, 2023
- 2 min
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Sometimes the best gifts can't be held in our hands.
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 30, 2023
- 2 min
Black Friday Disaster
Mr. I. Will Costmore Costmore Department Store 1000 Mall Drive Maintown, USA 20000 Dear Mr. Costmore: I am writing to explain the...
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 22, 2023
- 2 min
Thanks Living at Thanksgiving
Being thankful amid a culture gasping for breath
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 16, 2023
- 2 min
Cousin Cletus and Technology
Cousin Cletus finally answers Cousin Rufus.
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 9, 2023
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus on Feelings
More common sense from the old mountaineer.
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 3, 2023
- 3 min
Corrie ten Boom: The Power of Forgiveness
A lesson in forgiveness.
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Roberta Sarver
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
Finding Buck
The Great Shepherd answers a mother's prayers.
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Roberta Sarver
- Oct 19, 2023
- 3 min
Seven Blessings
You never can predict what will happen when you follow God's will.
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Roberta Sarver
- Oct 12, 2023
- 2 min
Joe, the Professional Beggar
A painful first lesson in ministry.
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Roberta Sarver
- Oct 5, 2023
- 2 min
Sophie, spreader of gloom
In honor of Pastor Appreciation month, these blog posts for October center around the unique people whom God brought across our pathway...
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Roberta Sarver
- Oct 3, 2023
- 2 min
Gift Your Pastor for Appreciation Month
Perfect gift for Pastor Appreciation Month
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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.
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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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