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"Me Without You" Liz's birthday is coming up this month. She would have been 67 and I have now spent 33 months without her. I have involved myself in many activities, trying to fill a void that cannot be filled. My life goes on without her even though I have wished at times that it wouldn't. I am so thankful for my family and close friends that lifted me and brought me through the hardest...

Albert Coley Stanley. My Dad I finally called you daddy because you repeated that word a thousand times while holding me close, our eyes deadlocked. It's important for us fathers to coerce their baby into speaking daddy before they speak mommy as the first spoken word; the reasons are self evident.. First of all; it must be said that this is a contest which has a winner and a loser. It's called the "baby's first...

I'm old, or at least my body is old. It just had it's 68th birthday a few days ago. Most people will say, "hey that's not old". Half the people who say this are young, trying to be nice, and are secretly thinking OMG 68!! he's got one foot in the grave!! The other people who say "that's not old" are people much older than me. I used to have what I thought was an...

Elizabeth Once, long ago I failed to recognize Elizabeth (Liz), my wife of 48 years on Mothers Day. Trying to justify my actions, or in this case my inaction I made the mistake of informing her that she was "not my mother." (Yes, I know) I was just a stupid, stupid young man and had no idea the err of my ways and what I was up against. I took her silence as victory, went...

Time is on my side May 11th will mark my 68th birthday and I mention it because the title question is usually concerning a persons age or maybe a persons health. It can also be about biding time for an opportunity to get something wanted, needed, or even loved. There was a popular 1964 song depicting a girlfriend gone astray. The boyfriend opines he will wait for her to come back because "time is on...

Hard at Work I have not written much during this corona virus shutdown. I have not felt motivated to write anything and there's is nothing worse than a writer trying to fake it. Instead I have shut myself in and done the best I could to follow all the recommendations in order to keep myself and others safe. During this time, I never thought I would be struggling with sin again. Times Are Tough I...

Harry Potter Why is it that many people have little trouble believing in the supernatural but have difficulty believing in God? Most people I know love to watch scary movies, I know I always did. Movies that deal with possessed humans or movies that involve the devil seem to hold a special attraction. One movie "The Exorcist" scared me to death, but I have seen it multiple times. The Harry Potter books and movies have...

Two people holding hands for comfort."Come Together" Yes, the Corona virus is very serious and many people are becoming sick and dying. There is no doubt, Covid19 is a killer and we are in a war, but we are in a war "together". This title, a funny thing happened on the way to a pandemic is not meant to be funny it's a way to point out that in times of peril people, especially Americans...

Winter Happens A very wise man "Jim Rohn" wrote a book. It was called "The Seasons of Life". In this book he uses the seasons as a metaphor to illustrate the phases of our lives. Now this may be old news to many, especially folk climbing the corporate ladder or those continually seeking self improvement. This man Jim Rohn had a profound effect on my life. Wisdom Lives On Mr. Rohn has passed on but...

                                             Like everyone I knew we were very poor . My earliest memory of a house was a small trailer in a run down trailer park. Our house was not nearly as big as the "glampers" that are used nowadays to (rough it) out in the wild, way out there in a travel park...