Three Little Kisses
For as long as I can remember, my parents had a daily ritual before Dad went to work and again every evening when he came home. They gave each other three little kisses, which was one way of saying “I love you”. We noticed other expressions of love that included the way Dad always…
Read MoreCourage To Try
Glen Cunningham is my hero because of his courage and determination in overcoming a devastating burn to his legs when he was only 7 years old. The doctors told his parents that he would never walk again, yet he did. This injury could have stopped him but Glenn succeeded because he had a positive attitude, “As long…
Read MoreTides of Life
As part of our vacation, we went to a small town in France that played a prominent part in the D-Day Invasion during WWII. The name of this place was Port en Bessin and one evening we went into town to buy an ice cream cone. As we walked over the small harbor bridge…
Read MoreLife Lessons Learned Through Baseball
Here is the baseball analogy as promised in the last post. It involves a father, grandfather, son, granddaughter, and four little words. Not long ago, I was pitching a rubber baseball to my little eight-year-old granddaughter, who really loves playing ball. I have known for some time that she is athletic and has a…
Read MoreSurviving The Autobahn
Last summer my family and I were driving back to my son’s house in Stuttgart, Germany after a trip to France. It was late and we were about fifty miles from the German border and running low on gas. We wanted to fill up in Germany because my son could buy it for $3.00/gallon…
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