This week we welcome Missy Tippens to Author Memories.
Missy Tippens lives in Georgia with her wonderful, supportive, pastor husband, three children, two dogs and a cat.
Missy wrote at home for 10 of her 16 stay-at-home mom years. She’s a former home-based business owner and taught at a local technical college for two years. However, writing is her passion and she hopes, her ministry. From the wonderful emails and letters she's received from readers, she's amazed and blessed to hear how God has used her stories. The letters encourage Missy and mean the world to her.
Missy wrote at home for 10 of her 16 stay-at-home mom years. She’s a former home-based business owner and taught at a local technical college for two years. However, writing is her passion and she hopes, her ministry. From the wonderful emails and letters she's received from readers, she's amazed and blessed to hear how God has used her stories. The letters encourage Missy and mean the world to her.
Sitting On Nanny’s Lap
by Missy Tippens
My grandmother, born in 1900, was a strong, amazing woman. (I shared a story about her history on Lyn Cote’s blog a couple of years ago.) What’s even more amazing was that she had all that energy and drive packed into one small package. :)
Nanny was, at best, five feet tall. And that’s probably with a little bit of heel on her shoes, since she was always perfectly dressed. My grandfather was 6’4”. Nanny’s daughter (my mother) is 5’9 and her son, 6’4”. All five granddaughters were at least 5’5”. So we all towered over her from about age thirteen.
Nanny was, at best, five feet tall. And that’s probably with a little bit of heel on her shoes, since she was always perfectly dressed. My grandfather was 6’4”. Nanny’s daughter (my mother) is 5’9 and her son, 6’4”. All five granddaughters were at least 5’5”. So we all towered over her from about age thirteen.
10 yr old Missy is holding the cat. Nanny is in the middle, along with Poppy, Missy's grandfather, her mom, and her sister. May 1972
We often teased her about her height, especially once after she drove us somewhere and complained that the car windows were dirty. Well, those windows were perfectly clean—except for under the windshield wiper blades. :)
Nanny was always affectionate and loving. I loved sitting in her lap while she rocked and watched “her shows” on TV. The repetitive squeak of the chair would often lull me to sleep. I sat with her there as I grew up, even into college, my long legs practically dragging the floor as she rocked.
Nanny was always affectionate and loving. I loved sitting in her lap while she rocked and watched “her shows” on TV. The repetitive squeak of the chair would often lull me to sleep. I sat with her there as I grew up, even into college, my long legs practically dragging the floor as she rocked.
Nanny in 1980
I also loved sitting in the backseat of the car between her and my mother when we travelled with my grandparents. I’d lay my head in Nanny’s lap, and she would run her fingers through my hair until I fell asleep, the sound of her voice as she talked with my mother soothing me.
There’s no place better than a grandmother’s lap. Even as we grow older—and bigger. No matter how old I get, I always remember the love and comfort I experienced there.
Nanny died in 1990, not long after my first child was born. Her home was ten hours away, so we never got to take him to see her. She never got a chance to rock my babies, but I always thought about her as I rocked them. And of course, my mother and my husband’s mother loved to rock them. I’m glad my children will have their own special memories of being in a grandma’s lap.
There’s no place better than a grandmother’s lap. Even as we grow older—and bigger. No matter how old I get, I always remember the love and comfort I experienced there.
Nanny died in 1990, not long after my first child was born. Her home was ten hours away, so we never got to take him to see her. She never got a chance to rock my babies, but I always thought about her as I rocked them. And of course, my mother and my husband’s mother loved to rock them. I’m glad my children will have their own special memories of being in a grandma’s lap.
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GIVEAWAY!
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to be entered for a free copy of Missy's newest release,
A House Full of Hope
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GIVEAWAY!
Leave a comment with a valid email address by midnight, January 22nd
to be entered for a free copy of Missy's newest release,
A House Full of Hope
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A House Full of Hope, Love Inspired, Feb 2012
(available now at harlequin.com and for pre-order at amazon)
Back of the Book:
Before becoming a Christian, Mark Ryker ran with a bad crowd and broke hearts. Including his father's. Now a successful businessman, Mark has come home to Corinthia, Georgia, to make amends. But no one will forgive him. So when the widowed mother of four renting his dad's run-down house needs help fixing up the place, Mark gets to work. Pretty Hannah Hughes and her sweet kids have him longing to be part of the clan, but Hannah isn't ready to let go of the past. Still, they are working together on a house full of hope—and that's all Mark needs.
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Before becoming a Christian, Mark Ryker ran with a bad crowd and broke hearts. Including his father's. Now a successful businessman, Mark has come home to Corinthia, Georgia, to make amends. But no one will forgive him. So when the widowed mother of four renting his dad's run-down house needs help fixing up the place, Mark gets to work. Pretty Hannah Hughes and her sweet kids have him longing to be part of the clan, but Hannah isn't ready to let go of the past. Still, they are working together on a house full of hope—and that's all Mark needs.
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You can find Missy Tippens online at:
www.missytippens.com
Her personal blog for readers and writers: www.lifewithmissy.blogspot.com
Her group blog with and for Christian writers: www.writingbyfaith.blogspot.com
Her group blog for writers pursuing publication: www.seekerville.blogspot.com
Steeple Hill Love Inspired Authors: http://www.loveinspiredauthors.com/
Craftie Ladies of Romance blog: www.craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com
www.missytippens.com
Her personal blog for readers and writers: www.lifewithmissy.blogspot.com
Her group blog with and for Christian writers: www.writingbyfaith.blogspot.com
Her group blog for writers pursuing publication: www.seekerville.blogspot.com
Steeple Hill Love Inspired Authors: http://www.loveinspiredauthors.com/
Craftie Ladies of Romance blog: www.craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com
