It was love at first sight. I knew how the boy felt who clambered breathlessly through his front door and cried, "Dad! I'm in love!""How do you know it's love?" his father asked."Because, when I kissed her good night, her dog bit me and I never even felt it 'til I got...
I want to tell all about my friend Catherine. Before I met her I was bitter, angry and mistrusted everyone. The world was meant to hurt you. Love hurt. That was all I knew. I became an expert at pushing people away and keeping them away it was safer that way as people...
Someone stole Baby Jesus from the manger on the lawn.When the preacher came to church, he found the baby gone.He said with anger in his sermon that the baby had been taken.His faith in human kind had certainly been shaken.After church, still breathing flames, like a...
It was a windy and very Cold day when a Christian Lady decided to go to the near Grocery store to by some bread.As She got out of her car she notice a man all dressed in black holding only a piece of cardboard saying, "I am hungry will you feed me?" But she was too...
Even though my parents were married for well over fifty years, I still felt that they stayed together "for the sake of the children." In this case, I was the only child and fifty-ish at that!My parents were both active and healthy, well into their eighties. At...
Growing up on a farm was an interesting way to grow up, and being an only child offered many opportunities; some good, some bad. My best friend lived just down the road, and had an older brother. Only problem was, he was almost sixteen years older. So, for all intents...
I made a trip to the mall over the weekend to visit the little coffee shop there . At this time of year, they make this wonderful cup of cappuccino that has just the slightest hint of peppermint flavoring in it . It's truly a delight to be savored.Somehow, however, I...