“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.” – O.A. Battista          Sooner or later, everything died under the foot of a Black Angus, or so it seemed.        My husband...

     “She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness.”       Proverbs 31:27        “Supper’s ready.”        As kids, we all waited for Mama’s call. She could whip up a great meal with next to nothing...

     “Do I hear five dollars? How about ten? Who will give me fifteen? Do we have any quilters out there? Fifteen to the lady with the purple hat. Come on, folks, this sewing machine is worth more than that. Do I hear twenty? I hear twenty. How about...

“When my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up.” Psalms 27:10        “Take that little illegitimate kid of yours and get out,” Daddy said.        He screams this at Mama every time he gets mad. I don’t know what it means, but...

    Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth.   Micah 5:2   Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall– Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall.   Isaiah 7:14  ...

       I felt like I was back in the corner store again. Peering through the glass at the huge selection of Penny Candy. The only difference was that I had gained several years, and I was looking at my computer screen, searching through profiles of, hopefully, single men...

“TICKET TO ESCAPE”   Auto racing is boring except when a car goes at least 172  miles per hour upside down.” -DaveBerry        Daddy traveled several hundred miles to watch races.   Every year, Daddy took Ma to see the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Once, they even saw a...

         Some of life’s lessons aren’t always revealed to us instantaneously, sometimes it takes months, years, or decades. I remember such a lesson taught to me by my Grandfather that didn’t register to me until much later in life. I am not sure how old I was...

     The next morning after chow (breakfast) we were told to fall out when our names were called to meet our Drill Sergeants and get assigned to our training units. I was assigned to Co. D 17th Bn. 5th Div. I was later assigned to the 4th platoon in that...

     “In the confrontation between the river and the rock, the river always wins…not through strength, but by perseverance.”           Do you remember your first job? I will never forget mine because I can never live it down. As a naive, sheltered teenage girl who...

       Once we had finished our paperwork and received our orders we were transported to the airport, where we boarded a plane bound for Louisville, Ky. I had never been on a plane before, so I didn’t know what to expect. It was kind of exciting and scary...

     Before I met a sociopath, I was clueless. I never thought that I’d run across one. Sociopaths were only in the movies doing horrible things to other people. Surely I’d never meet someone with such evil intentions. Boy, was I wrong!        Valentine’s Day was upon...

Who Wants Me?        My heart ached. Nobody wants me. I dreamed I was sitting in the middle of an auction. People everywhere. I glanced down at myclothes, all stained and torn. Every eye in the place focused on me. It was my turn on the auctionblock. The...

       I remember someone yelling very loudly, a voice I didn’t recognize, as my foggy brain fought to revive itself from a whole 2 hours of sleep, “Come on recruits get out of those racks and hit the deck, you’re in the Army now”! Then it all started...

My Lonely Heart Will Never Heal.                                            June 2005        My husband, Buddy, called the doctor to get the results of his biopsy. His voice trembled when he...

I DREAM OF A HAMBURGER        I lie in bed, a tall, skinny girl of 10 years old, powerless and puny. Since I didn’t feel well, I stayed in my room. Excused from answering Daddy’s calls, “Hey, get us another beer.”            Sounds of...

      Kids walked the streets on Halloween Night, asking for candy. We asked for something else, lives.Earlier, we had spent a couple of hours shopping. Snow was falling but not too hard. Although we didn’t like to be out in bad weather we figured it was safe to...

My Second Best Christmas Gift         “Okay now, here we go, just keep still, it will be over in a few minutes.”  I’ve heard those words every day for the past seven weeks, as I gave my body over to the monster machine that’s been doing my radiation. ...

One Powerful Kiss.                                                                                               ...