As I sat and squirmed in my chair trying to scratch a place in the middle of my back, I wasn’t very happy that I made a trip to get a haircut. Have you ever noticed when you go to the barber that those little hairs that fall inside your shirt collar can make you […]
Have you ever watched a child cast one toy aside and reach for something else? A friend of mine once told me he had watched his grandchildren open gifts and cast each one aside looking for the next one while spending no time with the one they just opened. He shared with me that at […]
When I find myself frustrated with the things that come my way, there are always two places I go. First, I go to the word of God; secondly, I go to God’s gift to the world — comedy. God must have a sense of humor; just look at all the great things he gives us […]
I have been told there was a time when a person was judged upon the words which emanated from his mouth. A person’s character could be seen in his deeds and by what he would say and sometimes what he would not say. I have met many people in my life. Some, I would not […]
The gentle falling of snowflakes takes me back to the days when cold weather would bring a tough decision at the old family homestead. Being cold in the winter was a common experience, since the only heat came from a fire in the main room. Grandma would always be the one up early to get […]
Fear is something that hides deep within each of us as we walk through life. I remember as a child, as many of my fellow youth gleefully looked to getting their first bicycle, within me was a sense of dread. I was comfortable with the tricycle and the insecurity of falling and losing my balance […]
Folks often see the change of a new year as an opportunity for renewal. “Let’s get rid of the old habits that plaque our existence,” is often what drives this sense of new found opportunity. We will shed those unwanted pounds, stop smoking, be kinder to those who irritate us, make up with friends or […]
The other day I realized I am now living 100 years beyond my grandparents’ key time in their lives. In 1920, my grandparents Bill and Kitty Bruce had been married for four years. My grandfather had spent his youth in the west, returned to Tennessee and found himself a bride half his age, bought land […]
OK its 2020, that is suppose to be significant in our lives right. Well, we are here, breathing and have every opportunity that life within the United State of America affords. There are so many significant dates that have passed in my life. Let’s see, when I was in school, we read a book called […]
The winter of ’34 in the valley below the Gravely Spur was an especially hard one. A Christmas snow had blanketed the valley, making travel through the mountain passes treacherous, even if taken by foot. With one false step, even those who knew the routes by heart could find themselves slipping into a snow drift […]
