Hugging Is A Good Thing

July 22, 2024

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University concluded from a study that huggers are happier. Another study linked people who hug with a diminished rate of sickness. So, greet people you know with a hug and experience the joy and better health of showing people that they matter to you and God. That’s how Jesus and the…
The Power In Your Hands

July 21, 2024

I recently read a story titled Grandpa’s Hands. It reminded me of my Grandpa and Grandma’s hands. They were old and wrinkled, like in the story I read. They used them to survive and raise their family on the farm where I was born and spent my early years. Their hands guided me into being…
Real Men Do Cry Sometimes

July 20, 2024

I still remember the day vividly in my mind. It was 1954. I was eight years old and walking around Grandpa and Grandma’s farm. It was where I was born and grew up. My Daisy Red Ryder BB gun is in my hand. I had been shooting at a piece of old, rusted tin hanging…
Frog Hunters

July 19, 2024

My dad and his friend Gene were returning from a successful nighttime frog-gigging trip when Dad’s truck’s headlights went out. Looking all over, they could not find a fuse. Lucky for them, they found a .22 caliber bullet that fit perfectly into the fuse box. The headlights came on. After traveling approximately 20 miles and…
A LUCKY LITTLE BOY

July 18, 2024

He sure is lucky, this 4-year old little boy asleep in his bed. He’s going fishing for the first time today. Mom promised him she and dad would take him if he kept his toys picked up. His room looks pretty good. Some toys are pushed under the bed or back into the closet. His…
SUMMER NIGHTS AND TWINKLING LIGHTS

July 17, 2024

It had been a special hot summer day. I spent the whole day wading in a shaded Ozarks creek, fishing and catching crawdads. I used to do that as a child many years ago. I still do it today. I decided to stretch out on the creek bank and take a nap. I fell asleep…