Category Archives: Family

A Father’s Legacy

A Father’s Legacy

 

In 2004,  my daughters gave me a book called “A Father’s Legacy”. Inside the book there was a preprepared question at the top of each page to be answered by the recipient of the book. I took the time to write in my answers to the all the questions. I recently found the book and read it. Some of the answers may be of interest to others. I would like share some of the questions and my responses herein. You seniors out there need to leave a piece of yourself for others to enjoy after you’re gone. Continue reading

Loving Daughters

Loving Daughters

 

Today, I was searching for something I wanted to include in one of my blogs and my wife Pam got into her secret hiding place. She ran across some things our daughters had written a few years ago. Pam was crying before she got the first item read. I figured if it has that much impact on her that perhaps others may like to read it too. Providing my daughters will approve, the story follows.

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The Fall

The Fall

 

Sometimes a simple thing like flipping a light switch on can save you a lot of misery and expense. As we grow older, we tend to think we can still do the things we could always do. This is simply not the case. So all you seniors out there be safe. Here’s my story today.

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MaMo and PoPo’s Pride

MaMo and PoPo’s Pride

 

Like most older people, I love my grandchildren dearly. Occasionally l like to catch some of their character traits in writing. This is a poem I wrote a couple of years ago describing them at that time. Of course they have changed considerably since that time, but I captured my thoughts at the time. Write down some of your thoughts as you get older. It’s fun to go back and read them later. Continue reading

The Belt

The Belt

 

Sometimes we tend to get a bit defensive when our intelligence is questioned and do and say some things we regret later. Remember even old dogs can occasionally learn new tricks. Here’s the story. Continue reading