You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
Note to my readers: Many of you know that my daughter (Dr. Samantha Nix) has sent me several questions for me to answer for her, her siblings and my grandchildren. This is just one more of those questions that I felt deserved to be published here. Dear Samantha; Couldn’t you find a harder question to …
Continue reading What have you changed your mind about over the years?
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 …
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. -- …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …