When I was a kid, I was paid in cash at the end of the week with my first few part-time jobs. There were no taxes, social security, or insurance deductions; just the number of hours worked times my hourly rate equaled what I got. My starting pay at Sadie’s […]
Monthly Archives: June 2025
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It was one of those times when I would start to feel that the people I was working with did not appreciate how hard I was working to solve the problems they had created before I arrived. I would sometimes take those feelings home with me. Eva knew it was […]
Eva My Love Your cuteness knows no bounds, your beauty has no limit, you are the only woman in the world, to which I will commit. I look at you and gasp in awe, wondering how you’re mine, you take my breath away, my dear, for you, I’ll […]
9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 New International Version If we live long enough, we see some of the same problems more than once. Anyone who studies American History knows some of the […]
This song was written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kristoffer Kristofferson. It was written during a time of great despair, and all that could be seen was more problems. That desperation led to some advice to look to God for answers. The words in this song were the product of that […]
I have been trying to stay busy doing various things and writing about some of everything. I have had Eva on my mind since Father’s Day, but I felt people may be overloaded with that topic. I feel the need to put this in writing, so this is for me. […]
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Have you ever considered what message you would share with those close to you when you have reached the end of your time here on Earth? Not your last words of “I love you.” If you knew you […]
The Sam Houston High School that we attended first opened in September 1955. Due to overcrowding at Burbank and available classrooms at Sam Houston, mid-term students entering high-ninth grade were transferred to Sam Houston. Our sister, Joyce, was one of the ninth graders attending the first day of school that […]
As I have gotten older and current events are crazy, my mind seeks relief and takes me to calmer times of the past. High school memories often come back when Sam Houston classmates post on Facebook, with comments sparking recollections. Rarely does the memory have a connection to the comment, […]
My Dad was thirty-five years old when I was born, the third child of four. My brother was almost seven, and my sister was two. Mom was nearly twenty-six. Mom and Dad had been married eight and a half years. It was March 1943, and World War II affected everything, […]