I guess you had to be born before the 1940’s to know what I mean about a special kind of love.My mother and father were both born in the late 1800’s and they were of an era when people in their particular part of the country, did not demonstrate their feelings too...
Dear Lord I come to You in the quiet of the day,asking Your forgiveness for the sins of yesterday.I can’t begin to thank You for the blessings I’ve received.I can’t contain my happiness for my faith; I do believe.As I sit and ponder all the things to You I owe,my...
I have often thought if I were a painter I would paint each sunrise and each sunset in the most beautiful of hues. No color would be discarded, there would be a color for every little bit of picture, there would be no blank spot on the canvas. There would be no drab...
Several years ago my brother, Wes used to visit our home every so often and after he began dating the sister of an old girlfriend and later married he was always talking about his other family. She had been married and divorced, with two children, a boy Ron and a girl...
In truth, I have had a very blessed life. Oh I know, some people will say, “But you had to grow up as an orphan, how is that a blessed life?” Well, I was blessed to have had my parents for nine years. I was blessed that they loved me and didn’t give me away or abandon...
When I was five or six years old, we moved into a two story farm house. The house was big and roomy. More room than we had ever had in our previous homes. We actually had a living room. It didn't remain a living room; it became the bedroom for my mother and dad. My...
There she was; 12 1/2 lbs. And the doctor said if he hadn't dropped her and was afraid to weigh her again, she might have weighed another half pound.No, she was not dropped on her head. The doctor must have been an 'all thumbs' kind of guy and just dropped her, but it...