~ I like when people say, “You wouldn’t understand anyway” like they think I was even listening in the first place. ~ It’s only a short distance before I realize I have no idea where I’m going. ~If you take all the snacks in my house and add them up, you’ll know what I had […]
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~ I’m not saying cutting off an ambulance on the way to pick up my pizza was right … I’m just saying it was totally worth it. ~ I street-raced a tractor today … in case you’re wondering just how Ricky Bobby I am. ~ I never understood how a parent could lift a car […]
If ever there were a person whom I held in high esteem and whose life we should all attempt to emulate … that person would be Bob Walters. A friend for 40+ years, I was blessed to be the first attempt at child rearing for he and his bride Teri. As a teenager, they graciously […]
The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment. They were to get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. Kathy began, “My father’s a farmer and we have a lot […]
Do you consider yourself blessed? Think hard about that. There is a song that says, “Count your blessings … name them one by one.” But how often do you stop and really count all the things that you are blessed with? We are told in several books of the Bible that we must tithe. Leviticus […]
“This makes me wonder if she was crying to us all for help?” This comment is on the wall of a local 20yo mother of two. It was posted mere hours after she took her own life. The posts on her wall of the past few weeks and months were mostly of a type that […]
~ I’m faking my way through life about as successfully as people who use fake mustaches are able to hide their true identities. ~ Over the years I’ve developed thick skin. It’s a hereditary, genetic disorder, so please don’t tease me about it. ~ Today I heard the phrase “naturally boneless chicken” … and that’ll […]
~ The reality is, we’re all The Wal*Marts people. ~ I wouldn’t tell you how to raise your children, but I really think you should teach them how to shut the hell up more. ~ If you didn’t have a tangled up slinky and a Rubik’s cube with crooked stickers growing up, then did you […]
So we had planned this trip for a few months. We left on Sunday, 2 Apr 2017 … the day before our 36th anniversary. (Yeah … I know, I know … but NO one is more surprised than us). Now WHY in God’s name I booked the first flight out of Huntsville escaped me that […]