My wife left me today- no, not what you might think. It’s only for a week. She flew to Atlanta today to spend a week with my son and his wife, as she will be having surgery tomorrow. For that we are very desirous of your prayers, for her surgery and a smooth recuperation. The [...]
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
14 Jul
Lessons from The UK
Seems that maybe our British cousins are not be as stodgy as we are led to believe. There is a new pamphlet published by the British National Health Service( this is all true, mind you and remember truth is stranger than fact) entitled “Pleasure.” Of course, no teen will ever see it say government officials because [...]
10 Jun
Happy Anniversary to Us !
Today is a national holiday or at least it should be. A grand total of 36 (yes I know, forever) years ago, at 4:00 pm in the afternoon, I became a happily married man. And I still am. The place was Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church, located on North Road St here in good ole Elizabeth [...]
3 Jun
My Second Firstborn
Technically, one cannot have two firstborns. But, one can have a firstborn daughter and a firstborn son. Today is the celebration of the the birth of that firstborn son. Yes, indeed, a quarter century ago plus one in the “metropolis” of Columbus,Ga, we became the proud and thankful parents of a son.
Unlike our daughter’s birth(see [...]
7 Mar
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Thank you, Snoopy, for that wonderful lead-in. Yes indeed, on that Tuesday evening a number of years ago, it was dark, stormy and cold with a threat of weather of the snowy or icy variety. So, of course, that was the day before our first child was due. But, children never come on the day [...]
7 Feb
When Do You Get Old?
I’m not really sure if I am old or not but then i realize two facts. For the first time in my life I am older than the President and for the first ( or second time maybe) I am older than the pastor of the church which I attend. And I don’t mean a [...]
26 Jan
Pelosi’s Prescription
With Madame Speaker and blue collar Joe(Biden) around, there is rarely a shortage of Democrat blather. But, sometimes even I cannot believe what issues forth from this dynamic duo. Ms Pelosi is telling us that birth control, contraception , whatever term one chooses, is good for the economy. Huh? Bet she got instant agreement from [...]
21 Jan
January 21, 1977
It was a cold Friday night and my wife and I, only married a few years were home watching The Love Boat on television, guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. For an evening in which I remember so much, I cannot remember which sister called and said come to the hospital [...]
3 Jan
Family Ties That Embrace
The past week has been for me a good example of Psalm 23:5 …” my cup runneth over ” . In this period of time my son and his wife have travelled from their urban domicile up here to the hinterlands. We had several good days together and were even blessed by the companionship of [...]
