Category Archives: Family

End of a Generation

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A shade over 25 years after this photo was taken, the last sibling (John) passed away today. As my pastor once said, “Now we start burying each other.” Sadly, not all of the siblings professed faith in Christ, but John did, having believed late in life.

Merry Christmas – 2024

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Our 36th annual family Christmas letter may be viewed using the link below: 2024 Stembridge Christmas Letter

Happy Christmas – 2023

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Our 35th annual family Christmas letter may be viewed using the link below (960K PDF): 2023 Stembridge Christmas Card (reduced)

Happy Christmas – 2022

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Our 34th annual family Christmas letter may be viewed using the link below (1.2 MB PDF): 2022 Stembridge Christmas Card

Simple Things

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“It is the simple things of life that make living worth while, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest and living close to nature. There are no hothouse blossoms that can compare in beauty and fragrance with my bouquet of wild flowers.” “Across the years, the old home and its love called to me and… Read more »