Communication – the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. Most of us begin this process from the first time we point at something to indicate we want it. After we slowly master “Mama” and “Dada,” we eventually grow our vocabulary and with the right training we become equipped […]
When the morning comes, we will start a new day. The sunrises up to greet us pushing away the darkness that flooded the night. The worries we had in the depth of black time fades away with its first rays. Oh, the pain and grief that we shared, that enveloped the river of thoughts that […]
I recently found myself sitting in the doctor’s office for an annual test that I take. This was the first time that I noticed that the waiting room had been divided into two. On one side it was marked well side and on the other side it said sick side. I figured that I should […]
Sometimes in life we have a sense of foreboding, a phone rings and we know there is bad news on the other end of the receiver. Do we pick it up and find out the feeling is true? If we don’t, we will never know. If we do and it’s not what we expected, we […]
There are not many instances that we today have an application for such a question. Tunnels are few and far in between in our day-to-day travels unless you live where subways or mountain tunnels are the norm.
Click, click, click, click, emanates from my sneakers as I walk along the hiking path ever hopeful that with each passing mile I am a little more fit and well on my way to losing the few pounds I am seeking to shed. After opening boxes, and pulling jeans up only to find they will […]
The Share America Foundation was able to fulfill the wishes of long-time supporter Joey Chamberlain at the Ringgold Opry by presenting a guitar she donated to a talented youth musician Logan Puryear, 17, of Soddy Daisy, Tenn. in honor of the Apison Lions Club. Joey is now staying in Oklahoma and was unable to […]
Many of us find ourselves each morning at least for a few minutes peering into a silver backed piece of glass which reflects back towards us the mirror image of ourselves. We see the teeth as we brush, the pores of our skin as we wash our face, shave, and/or trim the hairs which grew […]
From childhood, I was taught that the arrival of the new year brings tidings of new opportunity. The process begins with collard greens, black-eyed peas, hog jowls and cornbread ringing in the new year with the potential of good fortune. After the meal is over then begins the hard work. What are the goals for […]
The Christmas shopping season is in full swing and so has the mad dash to get everything done before all the kinfolk start gatherin’ around the icicle-strewn Douglas fir tree to open presents. I remember waking to the smell of bacon frying Christmas morning. As I rushed into the living room, the tree would sparkle […]
