My Stories

These are stories/articles that I wrote about our lives, our families, places we have been, and other incidents that triggered my thoughts.

Our Lives:

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Two Unforgettable Days Our unforgettable, mishap filled, wedding day.

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GOD IS IN CONTROL How God guided us to the hospital in a strange town during my wife's heart attack.

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I've Never Walked Alone He's always been beside me.

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Oklahoma Tornadoes Experiences with tornadoes in Oklahoma.

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Childhood Diseases I never caught most of the typical childhood diseases.

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Pioneering Downrange Living on Grand Bahama Island in a 3-room shack on the beach.

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Quitting Smoking I quit cold-turkey after 40 years. -- Added December 29, 2006

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Liberty Flight to Dallas Mishap-filled flight in 1955. -- Added December 29, 2006

Our Children and Grandchildren:

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You Caught What A granddaughter goes fishing.

Our Parents:

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Mean Bull A young bride and a mean bull.

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The Bareback Ride A story about Dad going after medication when I fell on a hot stove as a two-year old toddler.

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The Crash When Dad was Assistant Fire Chief on Okinawa during the Korean War.

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Rolling Wheel A miracle.

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In His Hands An example of being in God's hands.

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Mom Embarrassed Dad Dad was forever embarrassing Mom. Finally, Mom embarrassed Dad.

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Faith After 40 years of preaching the gospel, a doctor told Dad he was about to die.

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Victory In Jesus About Mom.

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Shelling Peas My mother-in-laws last days.

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Your Mom Has Alzheimer's About Mom and her Alzheimer's disease.

My Grandparents:

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Granny Grunt My fantastic grandmother, Granny Grunt.

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Precious Memories Humorous anecdotes about my great-grandparents.

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Brush Arbor Meeting Great-grandfather and the long-winded preacher.

Earlier Times:

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Do You Remember Church in the good old days.

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Running the Trotline Fishing experience.

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Sleeping Outside Before we had air conditioning.

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Escorting a Young Lady This wouldn't work today.

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My Bicycle Delivering ice on my bicycle in 1945.

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Changing Times Differences between the times of our youth and now. -- Added December 29, 2006

Pets:

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Paper Trained Rabbit Our pet rabbit was paper-trained.

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Rabbit Terrorizes Dog A new pet rabbit terrorizes our small dog. -- Added December 29, 2006

Snakes:

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Cape Canaveral Snake A fiction story. All of the characters, except the snake, are fictitious. Some men at a Cape radar site really did catch a snake and do what happens in this story. The story about how it happened and the people involved are fiction. -- Added February 17, 2008

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Summer of Snakes Incidents with snakes during the summer when I was 12 years old. -- Added February 17, 2008