My oldest son and I had just been dropped at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park at Key Largo, Florida where we would spend the morning snorkelling off of the Florida Keys. My wife and my other son were on their way to swim with dolphins, about 10 km farther up the...
It was recommended that we be 2 hours early for our ferry from Juneau to Skagway, and just to be on the safe side, we arrived 2 and a half hours before our given departure time. Checking our tickets took 2 minutes, and then we learned that the ferry would be arriving...
My back door neighbor works for a company that I know would hire me lickity-split because of my customer service/call center background, so I called and made an appointment for the typing test, which I knew I would pass.I then called Robert to tell him where I was...
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11Several days had passed since I bought the beautiful big, plump rose. I cut the stem at an angle, under water (as the directions suggested). Then I placed it in a special bud vase, and set it on my...
Our oldest son, Kyle, enlisted in the Army, 82nd Airborne Division, on a delayed basis, in June of 1990. He left for basic training 12 days after high school graduation in June 1991. When he was going to jump school at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia, he had one bad...
Zig Ziglar, well-known motivational speaker, tells the story about a thief who was robbed. The incident took place back in 1887 in a small neighborhood grocery store when a middle-aged gentleman, Emanuel Nenger, gave the assistant a $20 note to pay for the turnip...
"I want to know the future," she said.She had decisions to make that may very well change her life. It seemed reasonable enough. I mean wouldn't it be great if you could see the future based on possible choices? Like a touch screen computer. You type in a situation...