I first got my stepson when he was 13. He could neither read nor write, and add to that, he had a terrible attitude. He smoked a pack a day, abused drugs, poured out filth from his mouth and hung around the worst kind of kids. To get him to do anything like take out...
My mom and I were poor when I was young. I remember once when my father gave her ten dollars(he owed thousands), she cried. She worked two jobs to support us and I sold donuts in the neighborhood (I made 25 cents for every box sold).We didn't have a car, but we had...
Looking forward to Christmas 1995, to me, described a paradox. How can one enjoy Christmas when their loving spouse recently passed away from cancer, and yet Christmas is a time for celebration...I had a friend, recently divorced, who was going through his first...
Christmas 1994, my wife had died in September. I did not want to put a tree up, but the kids were all for it. So we dragged out the box of ornaments and the tree. In the box with the tree was a notebook.I opened the book. It was a semi-journal from my deceased wife....
(in loving memory of Sharon Cassady)My wife was terminally ill with cancer. We had just traveled the previous weekend to visit relatives and took a granddaughter with us. The trip was a success. Tuesday evening, I received a phone call, from the doctor."According to...
Greg loved baseball. He was a decent ballplayer but realized his potential was maxed as a lower minor league player so he gave up his dream and settled for a 'normal' life working in a career in the programming field…where I met him. I was the systems manager at the...
I stopped at Berryville, Arkansas on the way to Eureka Springs to grab a quick lunch and while there I noticed a lady wearing a pink blouse and with little hair. I assumed she was undergoing chemo treatment. She was talking loudly and seemed in good spirits but to me...