I have always loved games. Whether it was a board game, cards, sports, or something we made up as kids, I looked forward to those games times. I am still very competitive. (No comments from my family, or the Speech and Debate crowd please). One thing in common with...
I watched the movie White Nights many years ago, but there was a scene that had a great line that I never forgot. Apparently it was a common Russian phrase that went, "We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us." What a great description of Communism. As a Nursing...
When I was a kid, I loved the Fourth of July. Growing up in small town western Kansas in the 1970s, there weren't too many foreworks stands, but they were well stocked. I would sometimes spend over $100 (which at that time was a lot of money) on all manor of...
A story is told of a time many years ago in the Great Smoky Mountains when some pigs got loose and ran off into the wild. No one thought much about it until they multiplied, became wild, and destructive. The people in the area thought they could hunt them all down,...
As of this writing, I have two of my six kids engaged to be married. I am so excited that I am going to be a grandpa someday I can hardly sit still thinking about it. One reason I can't wait for grandkids is I want to see how my kids handle the fulfillment of our...
Frank, a very pleasant, well-dressed elderly man in his 80s, had cut his thumb several weeks ago requiring stitches. Being older, he healed a little more slowly, but the morning came when he was finally able to have them removed. His appointment was at 9:00 am,...
When I was 12 years old, my older sister entered me in the Bi-Centennial Celebration hotdog eating contest. At 12 years old I weighed in at about 75lbs soaking wet. I asked my sister why she would enter me into this contest, and her response was, “I’ve seen you eat! I...
The character choice to be loyal, honest, to love, to have faith, courage, grit, respect, self-control, and gratitude, all rests with you. It starts with how you think. In fact, we are designed to be thinking people. Everything we do, even the emotions we have all...