NOTE from Dale (Fortitude Blogger): I’m excited to introduce my cousin Karen Aumond, our guest blogger for this month. In this post, she chronicles her 2024 journey to Washington D.C. to hold a piece of family history that is 170 years old. It was an opportunity of a lifetime – enjoy the story! I amContinue reading “Holding History: My Visit to the Smithsonian to see Addison Spaulding’s Artificial Leg Model”
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A 400 Year Legacy of Faith
Last month (May 2024) marked the two-year anniversary of the publishing of my book, Fortitude: Preserving 400 Years of an American Family’s Faith, Patriotism, Grit and Determination. In the course researching and writing the book, I noted several ancestral attributes consistent throughout the centuries. As I reflected on the stories I’ve discovered, several words describing the characterContinue reading “A 400 Year Legacy of Faith”
The Overcomer
According to Webster’s Dictionary, a person who overcomes is “one who succeeds in dealing with, or gaining control of, some problem or difficulty”. Is it easy for you to overcome? If that’s the case, you should be thankful, as many have to work hard at being an overcomer. Although challenging, an overcoming mindset is one that we allContinue reading “The Overcomer”
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