This is My Story

One day Rita and James were on the farm for visit from their homes out of state. It was 25 or more years ago (that's hard to believe)....

I remember standing on the top riser with the Girls’ Glee Club choir at United Township High School in East Moline, IL spring concert...

By now, those folks who do have their Christmas tree decorated, waiting on packages to go underneath and family and friends to gather...

The holiday I respect most is Thanksgiving. It might be the cooler temperatures, the colors of the leaves on the trees or a time for...

“Come on down to Grandpa’s House. Do-dah. Do-dah. Everyone is coming there all the live-long day. Won’t you come on down? Won’t you come...

Country singer, Alan Jackson wrote these lyrics shortly after September 11, 2001 – Where were you when the world stopped turning on that...

I know she was born in August – August 26th, I think, in 1925. She died this past June at the age of 95. She was a spunky little gal. She...

Saturday morning July 25, 1998, I was leaving Brownsboro AL with Big Daddy returning to his home in Tennessee. I had spent that week...

It has been a crazy ride these past few months. I definitely took on too much involving all three of the non-profits for which I...

Sitting here watching the “first four in” opening games of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and thinking about my Dad. It is...

In October of 2005, I was diagnosed with Agnogenic myeloid metaplasic with myelofibrosis Jak 2. While at an annual appointment with my...

January 3rd has been a day upfront in my memories for 50 years now. It was a Sunday (as it is this year). My family and I attended church...

You couldn’t turn on the national news and commentary broadcasts in the last six months without someone being introduced as an expert in...

Media vita in morte sumu is the opening line to a Gregorian chant from the 1300s. Translated it means: In the midst of life we are in...

When my niece arrived in this world, I would often sing to her a song from the stage production of the musical “Guys and Dolls” I love...

The opening song of the classic musical “Les Misérables” includes the haunting words: Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye...

Lately, Mother and I have been taking a cup of coffee with us to the front porch to sit a spell and watch the sunset. These evening...

In an effort to clean up and organize my office the other day I came across an essay I had written in the sixth grade. It was in response...

How many seas must the white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand

Truly, I think I always wanted, in the far back corner of my heart, to be the girl singer in the band. I didn't want to be the star -