Our lives are filled with times of happiness and sorrow with many regular days interspersed between. We are grateful for those days when we have smiles, but with Christ in our hearts, we can get through those periods of sorrow and grief. On those mornings when we do not want […]
Monthly Archives: September 2024
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When the economy is booming, everyone has a job, and there is no violence, we feel like life is great. Our days do not look bright when the economy is not doing well and things are falling apart. Those are normal reactions that we will have the majority of the […]
When my Dad passed away back in 1978, I remember talking to Daddy Jones at my father’s funeral. Daddy Jones is what all of us cousins called my Mom’s father. Trying to hold back tears, he told me that a parent is not supposed to bury a child. It was […]
I was looking through pictures from years back when I noticed these were taken at the Stardust Ball in 1961. What makes these special is that Joyce, Ted, JoAnn, and I are in these pictures. It is a reminder that all of us were at the same event. Joyce and […]
She had to know I was going to write about her eventually. Since she is having a birthday this week, her time has come. I was looking through old pictures and I saw this one from 1954. We both were going to Barrick Elementary back then. Joyce was already attending […]
When you lose a wife and a lifelong friend, you find things to keep you busy, so you don’t always think about her. You tell yourself it is time to move on. I am fortunate that I have hobbies and other things I can still do and healthy to be […]
Depending on a person’s understanding of the Bible, some people believe our soul is part of us at conception. In Jeremiah 1:5 it says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Most people believe we develop our […]
I was surprised by two things beginning in 2021. How quickly people fell in line and started wearing masks, staying home, closing their businesses, and avoiding family members. Then they would take injections and allow their children to be injected as well even when there had been no trial periods […]
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We have heard that saying many times, and most have said it at least once. So, what if it is broken or not working as it should? If you buy a business that is losing money or declining and do not make any […]
Once again, abortion is a hot issue in this year’s election. As always, there will be no real discussion involving facts, only crazy accusations. An old saying is, “You can take a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” I will try to put some facts in this […]