Prompts
A number of years ago I was washing our van. I was cleaning the windows and on the edge of one of […]
Tag: Family
Drives Me Crazy
There is something that drives me crazy about my father. He doesn’t finish sentences when he is speaking – especially when he […]
The Prison Life
Here is a problem that does not have an easy solution. If you think people have a cushy life or that most […]
What I Meant To Say
At the prayer service for my buddy Rob, I wasn’t able to bring myself to get up and speak. It was something […]
Original, Created, and Acquired Families
If I say family – what’s the first thing you think of? Maybe it’s a word or maybe you picture specific people. […]
Through the Grate
In my grandparent’s farmhouse was a metal grate in the floor of an upstairs bedroom. The only heat for the bedroom came […]
Tick, Tick, Knock, Knock, Period, No Erasies
You’ve probably heard the word dibs, like I have dibs on that piece of apple pie. Or shotgun, which you yell as […]
Thinking Back, Not Way Back
It hit me the other day, many of my blog posts are from my childhood and none have been from the experiences […]
Remnants
We had a huge parsonage in my high school years. On the second level was a pull-down set of steps to the […]
Doesn’t Match
Heard someone on radio say that is like trying to put a Band-Aid over a bullet hole. While that may be a […]