Crazy Things We Do

I Said I Would I’m going to Aphganistan for the third time. I need something to keep me alive. I think this is going to be the time I die,” said the man on the other end of the line. A soldier. Being deployed. Wanted to cancel his AOL Internet. Needed incentive to be alive.Continue reading “Crazy Things We Do”

Thank You Letters

Finding the Lost Art When you add up the cost of the wedding you just drove to, got a hotel for, shopped for hours and hours for the perfect dress and the perfect gifts, wrapped them so lovingly, and it certainly cost you more than a week’s wage for most of us, maybe a month’sContinue reading “Thank You Letters”

No More, No More

Just Let Me Go! If nothing else is true, we are all one day closer to our eternal, spirit lives. The earthly existence WILL end for each one of us! Working around the elderly and living in SouthWest Florida where retirees come to die, I’ve seen a lot of old people and their health problems.Continue reading “No More, No More”

Dead Woman On The Lawn

Always Be Ready To Meet the Maker She’d prayed relentlessly for rain. Every day. “Please God, please,” she’d beg. The extreme drought was getting tough. Dottie the Dalmation woke her up around 12:15 a.m. from a deep dream, as the dog often did. But this time, the dog rang the bells hanging on the frontContinue reading “Dead Woman On The Lawn”

The Next 10 Years

Saw a photo from Easter 2016. It’s 2026 now. In that photo, there’s been two children grow up and go to college. One couple get married and have a baby. One adult have a major stroke, go through extensive rehab and get her life back. Another couple move. Another suffer cancer and also a parent’sContinue reading “The Next 10 Years”

A Paria? A Scorned Person?

Have you ever been scorned? Treated like “they” don’t want you there. They are looking down on you? Judging you? Treated like an outcast because of something you’ve done, a sin, bad/poor/foolish decision? A divorce, affair, relationship, action, non-action… you name it… done anything that “they” want to create emotional distress for you by keepingContinue reading “A Paria? A Scorned Person?”