Inspirational Cancer Patient

Inspirational Cancer Patient Before we start, I want to share a nice feel-good interaction I had earlier this year when I went to the Dollar Store. This is how the conversation went when I walked in at 8:15am. Cashier: “I’m sorry sir, the first hour is reserved for Senior Citizens.” Me: “I’m going to be […]

Happy Birthday Justin

Happy Birthday Justin Before I talk about the title of this week’s story, I want to condemn the small group of the Capitol protesters that turned the protest into damage and violence. I have also condemned the small groups in the BLM protests that turned those protests into damage and violence. I think we can […]

Happy New Year 2021    Well, my faithful readers, we made it to 2021! To properly appreciate this, let us review the past 12 months that was 2020. Here is a list of my top three topics for our country and the top three for myself. The Covid Apocalypse arrives I think it is safe […]

Christmas Traditions    What are some of your favorite family Christmas Traditions? Is it decorating the tree? Is it taking everyone out to dinner? Is it driving around to see the Christmas lights? One of my favorite family traditions was taking everyone to Mountain River Ranch for their Christmas show. Because of the Covid Apocalypse […]

Adopt-A-Family Shopping 2020

Adopt-A-Family Shopping 2020    Friday was one of my favorite days of the year. It was the annual Adopt-A-Family for Christmas shopping day for the Foundation. This tradition started four years ago it has been one of the days I look forward to all year.    I would like to thank Danielle, Chelle, and Rick […]

Recognized Blessings

Recognized Blessings    Forty years ago today, Shannon and I went on our first date. As I look back on my life, I realize everything happens for a reason, and you meet the people you are supposed to meet when you are supposed to meet them. I am so grateful for the time we had […]

Black Friday 2020

Black Friday 2020  Every year, Black Friday was a big day for in-store shopping and profits for retail stores. Until this year, it was the day large crowds of people would line up for hours for stores to open so they could take advantage of great sale prices. But this is 2020, so I was […]

Happy Thanksgiving 2020

Happy Thanksgiving 2020    With everything going on with the Presidential Election and the Covid Apocalypse, I believe the fact I am still here to post these stories and you are still here to read them is enough to be thankful for this year. Thanks for reading.    Come on, you really didn’t think you […]

Moving Forward

Moving Forward Okay, if you are reading this it means we survived a Friday the Thirteenth in 2020. That is about the scariest thing I can think of. It ranks right up there with me checking into a City League basketball game with all five of my fouls left. This week’s story is going to […]

October Fundraiser Update

October Fundraiser Update Okay, before we start, another excerpt from the “You can’t make this stuff up department.” I was in the checkout line at the Dollar Store behind a lady that decided to pay for her $10 worth of items with change from her purse. She would put all the quarters back in her […]