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Caleb was excited when his son, Nathan, was born. As every father does, he watched his son grow, and Caleb was amazed at Nathan’s curiosity and fantastic ability to learn. Nathan was only eighteen...
View ArticleThree Little Words
Kaylee’s parents were opposites in many ways, but the one thing she noticed the most was their differences in how they expressed their love for her and her siblings. Their mother hugged them all the...
View ArticleHard to Scare
Brent had been a mortician for almost forty years. In fact, he had been involved in the business longer than that. His father had been a mortician, and Brent had worked with him long before he bought...
View ArticleCollege Rivalry
One of my jobs at the congregation where I go to church is helping with the records for membership and finance. This often requires those of us who work together on this assignment to bring our laptop...
View ArticleA First Name Basis
With ten children, it seemed like somebody always forgot something. Sometimes I would take time out from my day and run get the needed item. But often what one of our children was missing was...
View ArticleMy Favorite “Johnisms”
I have a friend named John who always tells me things which, though they may not be wise, are more realistic to life. I like to call these Johnisms. Not all the ones I am including here came from him....
View ArticleAuthor’s Day
I enjoy few things as much as going to a school and telling children stories for an author’s day. I suppose I’m different from most authors who do that. The ones I have seen often talk to the young...
View ArticleThe New Pick-up
Having ten children and quite a few foster children, there were times when the money for our family seemed like it should have been on the endangered species list. But by working hard and budgeting...
View ArticleRemembering Everything
When I walk into a room and actually remember what I went in for, I feel like I just won the lottery. The older I get and the more things I have going on in my life, the worse it is. Today was a case...
View ArticleThe Wheelchair
Jack had loved cars since he was young. Now that he was retired, he especially loved the cars from his youth—vintage or antique cars, they were now called. The biggest and best antique car rally was...
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