As a small child, Mother’s Day made no sense. Mother is the person who knows my needs before I know them. She is prepared for my next meal, my next change, and when I need a nap. She knows what to do when I am fussy or ill and cleans […]
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A few hours ago, JoAnn sent me a message via Facebook Messenger with a link to an article that her Granddaughter-in-law had just written on her blog. I am not normally on my computer after 6 or 7:00 p.m. However, I occasionally log back in before going to bed to […]
I do not have any pictures from this trip, and I cannot remember the exact year of the trip. Our family vacations either started the week before July 4th or that week. My dad’s company closed during the week of July 4th every year. Dad had worked there long enough […]
Have you ever said something and then later wished you had not done that? I suspect you have, I know I have done that more times than I will admit. Remember when the expensive typewriters had the “whiteout” function, which let you backspace and change the letter to the correct […]
If you do a search on “make better,” you will see a list of synonyms. These words can help describe how modifications can lead to improvements. I am not a cook, but adding a little salt makes food taste better. If I wrote my life story, it would cover many […]
Many books have been written about what it means to be a friend, and everyone has at least one of them. A person’s age has an impact on how they define people they consider a friend and what characteristics they hold as most important. When you have lived a long […]
It was Sunday morning, March 6, 1994, when Kirk called to tell us they were at the hospital. It was the day that Eva was anxiously waiting for, the day our first grandchild would be born. We quickly packed everything in the car and headed to Victoria. We got to […]
It was August 1986; Tammy was nineteen and Jennifer was sixteen, Eva and I thought it could be the last summer vacation that Tammy would go with us on. She had just finished her first year in college and might have other plans in future summers. It had been a […]
Whether it be a child, grandchild, or a friend, at some point in life we may find ourselves in a position of influence. If we are lucky, most of those times we can be a positive influence to help them see possibilities in their future. We can help them identify […]
I went to work at NASA in June 1964, just ten weeks after Eva and I got married. Then, in November, I got promoted to a new position in building 30. This was during the transition from Cape Kennedy to the Manned Space Center in Houston. Mission Control was on […]