Mj Pettengill
Where It All Began: Alumna Discovers Unmarked Graves
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Mj Pettengill
- Jun 13
- 2 min
The Vacant Chair
"We shall meet, but we shall miss him; there will be one vacant chair;
We shall linger to caress him when we breathe our evening prayer."
Mj Pettengill
- May 13
- 3 min
A Call for Peace
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them of charity, mercy, and patience.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Mustering With the Sixth NH
It was oddly festive for such an unfortunate event.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 17
- 4 min
On This St Patricks Day
It had become a devastatin’ riddle, choosin’ between rent or food; because of the risin’ cost of both, Daidí could afford neither.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Pew Rent
Child labor laws were not in place until later years, often brought about by catastrophic losses.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 17
- 4 min
Writing My Ancestors Home
Recently, my years of research and family history collided.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Prisoner 4100
...they were stripped of their names and either given a fresh new name or were issued a number—a new moral identity.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Blaze a Trail of Compassion
The original blog was replaced with a simple poem. Here's why...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 27
- 3 min
See You at the Auction
Paupers were punished for being poor, the elders for aging, and the sick for failing. Where did we go from there? Where do we go from here?
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 12
- 2 min
The Records Burned in a Fire
Once I was on my way to proper identification, comprehension, and acknowledgment, the wall of pain slowly and steadily vanished.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 5
- 5 min
From the Cradle to the Unmarked Grave
There was a great deal of heartache and compassion for these unfortunate souls, but few answers. I ask now, have we found solutions?
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
One Is Not Better or Worse
"Who knows the fate of little August? The Lord knows. And be prepared to accept that his mother will not return."
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Like a Brother to Me
There were many children like August and Billy. Where are they now?
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
For Nourishment of the Soul
May the little ones be mothered, as they should be, and all of us raised up from the deeps, Amen.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
What's New? Mark the Date For Upcoming Classes and Events
As a perennial hermitess, this is bearable— even preferable—but the time has come to emerge from the cocoon.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
A Note Inside a Coat: Foundlings ~ From the Author's Pen
Do you know what a foundling is?
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
From the Author's Pen: The Fate of Dolly May McGinnis
I find my way to the truth. It’s there; it waits patiently for relief from rage left unexpressed.
Mj Pettengill
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
How Were We to Know?
It was oddly festive for such an unfortunate event.
Mj Pettengill
- May 8, 2022
- 2 min
Raw, Wild Imperfection
Before Death’s final blow, she was but a flower that never faded, showin’ me the fierceness of a mother’s love.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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