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”
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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”
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”
Good Morning, A New Chance to Do Our Best.
Good morning, friendly readers. I wonder what you are doing right now. May I share my “right now?” Facing East, the sun has risen, it’s now 8:22 a.m., a bunny rabbit just chased another across the back yard, the sun is shining through the trees and it’s cold, but its winter, so that’s to beContinue reading “Good Morning, A New Chance to Do Our Best.”