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Grandma Love's Poetry

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  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I will receive a commission if you click a link and purchase an item. Home with Grandma Lillian is the story of a young girl's adventures.  Family trips are always joyful while visiting Grandma Lillian and Papa.   Grandma loved to read poetry to us kids. We would sit around while she read to us from some of her favorite poets. Her face glowed as she entertained us while we listened to her. I recall one time she read to us one of her favorite poems. We were silent as we hung on every word. Grandma began in a low voice as she read to her grandchildren.  What a great poem! I love it as much as my grandmother. Poetry is a beautiful form of expressing your emotions in your own unique way.  True Love Love can always conquer Whatever discord brings and love can also cover a multitude of things. Don’t you underestimate what love can ever do, for love is God eternal and His love can renew. What is cold and lifeless, now lost all ho
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Grandma's Homemade Stew Recipe

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  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I will receive a commission if you click a link and purchase an item. Home with Grandma Lillian is the story of a young girl's adventures.  Family trips are always a thing of joy while visiting Grandma Lillian and Papa.  While healing at Grandma's, one day she made her famous homemade stew. The family loves her stew. It is one of my favorite meals. She would put in the stew everything, but the kitchen sink as the old saying goes.  Grandma's Homemade Stew Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs. stew meat or a small beef roast 3 large potatoes, peeled, cubed 2 large carrots, peeled and diced 1/2 cups chopped onions 2 large celery stalked, cubed 1 canned cut green beans, drained and washed 1 canned whole kernel corn drained and washed 1 canned diced tomatoes 1 can tomatoes sauce salt and pepper to taste Place cubed meat in large skillet with water. Cook for 45 minutes to an hour or until tender. After the meat has cooked down, fry in a
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An Accident at Grandma's

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  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I will receive a commission if you click a link and purchase an item.  Home with Grandma Lillian is the story of a young girl's adventures.  Family trips are always joyful while visiting Grandma Lillian and Papa.  Saturday after Christmas, we were getting ready to return home an unfortunate accident happened. I slipped and fell off the porch. Everyone ran to help me up from the ground. My ankle hurt bad. Mama and Grandma insisted I go to the hospital and get checked out. I was not ready for this, but I was hurting badly. The whole family went to the hospital with me. The doctor told us that I had sprung my ankle and I would have to stay off it for a while. I could not believe this had happened to me. I was eager to return to school on Monday. Mama decided we would stay at Grandma's house since I would have to return to the doctor to get checked out in a few days. I decided to make the best of it.   There was not anythin
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Christmas Day at Grandma's

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  Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I will receive a commission if you click a link and purchase an item. Home with Grandma Lillian is the story of a young girl's adventures.  Family trips are always a thing of joy while visiting Grandma Lillian and Papa.  I was awakened by the beautiful carol, "Silent Night." Mama and Grandma were in the kitchen finishing the Christmas dinner. The house smelled of roasted turkey and pumpkin pies. It was wonderful. I was happy. I had much to be happy about it was Christmas Day at Grandma's house.  "Carrie, dear, it's time to get up," Mama called as she opened my door.  "Merry Christmas Mama," I said. I rolled out of bed.  Mama came over to give me a hug. "Merry Christmas Carrie," she said. "You better shower and get dressed. Your Granny has prepared a wonderful breakfast for the family." I hurried and got dressed. I went downstairs to the dining room. Everyone was ther
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