This is not the original post I started a while ago. If it was, the beginning would have read: About 5 weeks ago, I had a scare. My 93-year-old father fell and broke a hip. The break itself was repaired without too much trouble. And while there have been some tough times, he seems to be […]Read Post ›
This morning I woke up, stuffed a 23-pound turkey and slipped it into the oven. No, do not check your calendars. And no, even though I am quite a few 24 hours down the road, I have not lost all sense of time. It is not Thanksgiving anyplace (except maybe in my heart). I just felt […]Read Post ›
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to talk to my son’s confirmation class about alcohol and drug abuse. A few seventh graders were also there. In a previous position I held, I gave presentations like this on a fairly regular basis. But it had been a while and I wondered, now more than a few 24 hours down the […]Read Post ›
I think we have the best Christmas tree of our time. It is the best because I can remember a number of years ago when I was still drinking and we could not afford a tree. My wife and kids actually had to construct a tree from some cardboard tubes. The kids seemed ok with it […]Read Post ›
A few weeks ago I pulled up in front of our house and just sat there. What happened next was kind of different. It was a moment akin to when your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. No I am not dead. What went through my mind were pictures of the some of the […]Read Post ›
April 19th will mark 21 years since the Oklahoma City bombing. On that day in 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by a truck full of explosives. The blast not only devastated or damaged up to 300 surrounding buildings, but also left dead 168 persons, 19 of which were young children and […]Read Post ›
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