Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the kings horses and all the kings men Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again Remember that poem? Kind of a bleak picture isn’t it. Every body falls at one time or another. Whether it is a financial mess, a moral failure, a relationship breakdown or a personal …
Life Lessons Learned Standing Naked in an Icy Mountain Stream?
When my daughters were small our family often went camping. It was important to camp near a crystal-clear stream so we could have a source of drinking water and bathe once in a while. These ice cold streams were fed by mountain top snow fields. Bathing took hours—a few seconds for the actual bath, a few hours working up the …
An Open Response to Comments on “What would Pat Robertson have Done with my Father.”
First, thank you to all of you who responded to my post “What would Pat Robertson have Done with my Father.” To date there were over 467 comments on the post. I had no idea that this issue would touch such a cord in the hearts of so many people. I also had no idea how many people are …
The Executioner’s Song
Ken was still a teenager when he enlisted in the army. He was one of twelve children, and he recognized his chance to make something of himself. He couldn’t know the United States would be at war within a matter of months. At eighteen, Ken found himself in the thick of battle defending the Philippines against the onslaught of Japanese …