Jennifer drove me to the primary care doctor this morning. I could have driven there by myself, but she has been there all week for me, and I really did not want to be alone this morning. As many of you know, when I went to the hospital ER […]
Richard
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Over the weekend, I watched a movie that was filmed several years ago but recently made available on one of the streaming channels I watch. The movie is called “New Life,” and it is a “tear-jerker”. I watched the trailer and thought I might get all the way through it. […]
I wish I could tell you what the weather was like on September 25, 1945, when JoAnn was born, but I was only about 30 months old myself. It might not even surprise JoAnn to learn that I have no memory of that day. I do know that my life […]
When Eva and I got married, we had no wedding plans, including a date prior to Wednesday night, before our wedding three days later. We did not even have an apartment to move into after the wedding. We could not meet with our pastor until after the Wednesday night service, […]
For 80 years, you have been my little sister. Over the years, we shared good times and sad times, but mostly good times. I remember when we moved from Heights to North Houston and started school at Barrick Elementary. You were in kindergarten, I was in the third grade, […]
The younger generation today rarely gives much thought to listening to music while in their cars, even on long trips. They can listen to Apple Music or their playlist on their smartphone. Those of us who have been around for many years may have had cars that did not even […]
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines of our family story into a beautiful picture.” As a child, I had an older brother and two sisters, one older and one younger. I was also a part of extended families on my mother’s and father’s sides. My mother had three sisters and three brothers who lived long enough for me to know them as aunts […]
If God is sovereign and knows all things in advance, can prayers change the outcome? What does Jesus tell us about praying that should guide us with all our prayers in what we know as “The Lord’s Prayer”? We need to understand what He says before the text of the […]
Nothing ever remains the same. As we age, our abilities and responsibilities change, forcing us to adjust our expectations. For most of our lives, we continually increase our skills and knowledge, taking on additional responsibilities. We associate “self-worth” with those responsibilities and provide a source of income. There are several […]
There are a lot of discussions about the benefits of CBD and medical marijuana, and the need to make those products more available to the public. The devil is in the details. A large percentage of the mental health problems today can be directly tied to marijuana use. Many, if […]