Have you ever tried to rank your Christmas as a movie? Maybe you could try to rank your Christmas as a “National Lampoon Christmas Vacation” or an “Elf” Christmas? Maybe you had a “Christmas Story” Christmas? Or maybe it was more of a “Scrooged” Christmas? Now, before everyone wants to rank their 2020 Christmas as…
2020 has been a crazy year to say the least. And with the holidays coming it seems like things will be a bit different. Families not getting together. Some places banning Thanksgiving all together. Some people will be alone on Thanksgiving. And for many, it may be a very sad time. So I want to…
“It’s probably not a matter of if you get it, it’s when.” I heard this from one of my co-workers a while ago. And there was no way I was going to argue that. It seemed that even the CDC was very careful to say that they wanted to “slow” the spread of Covid-19. So…
“This is going to be so scary Brian! Thanks for talking your mom into letting us spend the night.” “Shhhhh! Tom! You’re going to wake her up! Mike. Come on or we are going to leave you!” “I don’t know guys. Couldn’t we get in trouble for breaking into the house?” “Weenie! I knew we…
Summer came to an end way too fast that year. But I was looking forward to seeing my friends again. I mean, we were starting junior high. We knew what this meant. Our own lockers. More homework. And more responsibility. I wasn’t sure any of us wanted this. At the same time it meant more…
“Mom, why do we celebrate the fourth of July?” As we watched the fireworks going off in our hometown. “Well, we were once ruled by people across the sea. But we wanted our own freedoms and government that was ours. Not some people telling us what to do who didn’t really see us or know…
I know what you’re thinking. I don’t kick cats. The fact is though, you do. And we all do. Now you are asking, “What do you mean?”. Here is what I’m talking about. A new version of a story as told by the motivational speaker Zig Zigler. We are all cat kickers. Mr. Johnson had…
“Hello Jeremy. I baked this homemade pie from rhubarb from the garden. Hope you like it.” “Thank you Grandma! This looks amazing! I’m sure we will love it.” Now. A teenager just got handed a wonderful yummy pie. My family isn’t around. And there is no way that this pie would ever be missed without…
“I can’t believe they did this Sue! I mean why in the hell won’t the council do something about this! This problem has got to stop!” “What do you mean Mary?” “I mean, they are doing nothing to help this situation. And their half hearted attempts do even less. I can’t believe they didn’t take…
