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My Spiritual Journey
Even though both my Mom and Dad’s Texas forebears were staunch Southern Baptists, I don’t recall going to Sunday school or church during my early childhood, and I was never baptized (which according to their dogma would have included complete immersion in water).
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Happiness Now!
You can be happy if you want to be. While you may have little control over the events around you, you have total control of the happiness in your own life.
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Our 46th President!
Shonnie, Gracelyn, and I held hands and watched intently as President Biden repeated the final words of the oath of office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United…
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What Happens in 2020 Stays in 2020!
2020 has undoubtedly been a year of tremendous challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic resulting in more than 340,000 deaths so far, a severe economic downturn, and disruption of our daily lives. The Black Lives Matter movement calling us to finally confront our personal and collective racism. Plus, a President who has proven himself unworthy of the…
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On Aging: Accepting What Is
“Don’t trust anybody over thirty!” My rallying cry during the Sixties, when I was twenty-something, seemingly bulletproof and forever young, living as though those days would never end.
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60 Years Ago: Our (Barely) Winning Season
In the Sixties, autumn in Tullahoma (TN) revolved around the high school football team—the Tullahoma High School Wildcats.
