To the reader from the author: This story has been on my blog for a number of months and if you read it now you may notice some changes. I was asked by one of the family members to remove the story from the blog because they did not feel it represented my friends siblings …
Category: Positive Thoughts
Why do I write?
The early years ... Many people, since my retirement, has asked why I write. I've loved writing since I can remember first learning how. One of my favorite subjects in school growing up on the south side of Chicago was writing. I hated math, reading, spelling, history, social studies, geography, art, and even P. E. -- …
My Legend … My Hero
What is a legend and A Hero? Some people think a Legend is a story or a person that has been exaggerated or is not true. However, according to most dictionaries a Legend could be a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; or an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a …
When we were young … and Bold
It was the winter of 1967 and I was 16 years old. I'd just obtained a driver's this year when I turned 16 and within a month of turning 16 and getting my driver's license I purchased my first car. Mine did not look nearly this good ... is was a pale yellow with rust …
Don’t Widen the Plate
NOTE FROM BLOGGER: I did no write this. I found it while trolling around my wife's Facebook account this morning. It was apparently written by a person named Ken Koenen back in 2017 and was made public. I have not idea how many times it has been around Facebook, but I thought the read was …
The stocks in the market go up and down
This is my grandson, Cassian Alexander Nix Mills. He is going to be 2 in March. I had a chance to visit with him for a week at the end of 2018 and found out that his favorite song was "Wheels on the Bus." I gotta tell you I heard this song so many times …
My Brother’s Favorite Christmas Memory
December 23, 1959 … My dad received word that his dad (my Granddaddy – photo I found on the internet) had recently suffered a heart attack and was in intensive care in a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. At the time I was 8 years old, my older sister was 10 and my younger brother was 7. …
Are You Missing the Boat?
Last week on November 1st I had a lunch meeting with a friend. It is our second lunch meeting in less than a month. I've played golf with him a time or two and really don't know a whole lot about him, other than he was looking for a way to make his money work …
How to Overcome Disappointment
I see it so many times … in life and on Facebook and social media sites. People are disappointed in people. “This person is a huge disappointment to me.” Or, “That person really hurt me by saying what he/she did.” Or, "My grandchildren are such a disappointment to me. I never hear from them unless they want …
