Preserving Family History and Stories
Elizabeth Warren and Pocahontas!
by: Marceline Donaldson It has been a busy day! The writing from a Bettina Network Lifestyle Community Member on Elizabeth Warren has caused a bit of a blowup. So you know I have to chime in. Who would guess that among hard working people; thoughtful people; intellectual people there would be this bit of racism.…
Read MoreThe F. A. Kennedy Steam Bakery & the Fig Newton
Copyright The Kennedy Family 2008 Editors Note: As we share our homes with you, so we share our histories. “In 1840 my great, great grandfather, Artemus Kennedy established a cracker baking company in Cambridgeport, MA. The first oven was set up in a small building on what is now Massachusetts Avenue. There employees rolled each…
Read More37,456 PEOPLE
The Number of People who read Bettina Network’s Blog in November, 2016 was 37,456. Starting this month you are able to sign up to have Bettina Network’s Blog delivered to your email box whenever a new Blog is posted. Up until now. you had to go to the Blog to read the newest one and…
Read MoreTO CELEBRATE JULY 4th AND TO REMEMBER
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (Ed. Note: 25 to 35 Million Africans were robbed of their freedom; taken from their country and put into slavery for 400 plus years – first by the Arabs and then by Europeans and Americans – Southern Americans, but the people in America who most benefitted from…
Read MoreThe Rev. Nicholas Hood
by: Marceline Donaldson, April 11, 2016 Some remembrances write themselves. This one is being written through heavy grief because it is not only a memory of Nicholas Hood, but long overdue grieving of my youth and someone who contributed majorly to who I am as a Christian today. Nicholas Hood is in my heart and…
Read MoreThe Rev. Dr. Lillian D. Anthony, my friend
by: Marceline Donaldson, president Bettina Network Foundation, inc. There are some people one expects to go on forever, but none of us lives forever. Lillian was a force of nature. Her strength came from the clear, truthful, fearless and love filled way she lived her life. I have always called Lillian ‘my friend’, but…
Read MoreBalm in Gilead
copyright Bettina Networi, inc. 2014 Who would have expected different guests, not previously known to one another, pick up and read Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot’s book “Balm In Gilead” during their stay in a Bettina Home. All of our homes have large quantities of books. Host families generally buy them at Estate Sales for very little…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Gift
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 We thought carefully over all the breakfast conversations lately and the one that seemed to be ideal for Thanksgiving was the one about how important it was to sterilize your forks, knives, etc. – especially since we all cook and eat with great gusto on this Thursday – That has been…
Read MoreRemembering Niko
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 …”There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”… —————————————Maya Angelou A quote passed on to us by Dorothea Guild as she introduced the exhibit of Nicholas Michael Marinos’s art. Marinos was Dorothea’s family priest, long-term friend and soul-mate from years past. He was…
Read MoreThe March on Washington
copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. This coming week we will remember one of the highlights of the Civil Rights Movement which changed so much in this country. It is such an emotional time that I have barely started to write this and the grief, tears and overwhelming feelings take over. I was very young during…
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