On July 31, 2021, these two amazing people will be married. The young man is my son, Zach. Words cannot express how proud I am of him. Alaina is a wonderful young lady, and I look forward to seeing these two grow together, raise a family, work together, raise a...
Perspective Changes Results
Ahhh. Fast food. Where would we be as Americans without all the fast food options today? Probably a lot thinner...maybe? But I digress. In the last post, I wrote about Choosing Your Perspective. It is something that is yours, and your alone. No one can take it away,...
Duck, Quik!
This may shock some of the people (well, outside of my family) who know me, but...uhh...I can get mad sometimes. It isn’t like what I used to be when I was a kid. I had a very short fuse growing up. One of the stories that usually comes up when our family gets...
But He Said It Was Okay
When I was quite young, around 8 or 9 years old, our family was good friends with the pastor of our church. Since my dad was also the custodian of the church, we saw our pastor Rev. Orson Evans on a regular basis. Rev. Evans liked little novelties and tricks, and one...
Quite a Character
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...
Lights, Camera, ACTION!
As a kid, I always wanted to be on stage. Somewhere. Anywhere. I imagined myself hearing the Director announce through his megaphone, “Lights! Camera! ACTION!” That last command set everything in motion. Without that command, and subsequent response to do something,...
make up your mind!
All families argue. As it is written, “Where two or more are gathered…”, while Jesus is in their midst, there will be differences in opinion among everyone else. Some of the biggest arguments a family will encounter begins with this question: “Where do you want to go...
i am responsible
When I was a kid, I was the object of what today would be called verbal bullying. It started when I entered my teen years and continued through the end of high school. Surprisingly, the kids dishing this abuse out had at one time...
Old principles never die…
My dad used to say, “Old Principals never die, they just lose their Faculties. And, old Teachers never die, they just lose their Principals (i.e. principles).” This is also the man who said, “I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.” Yeah, I had an interesting...