Sep 28
The Hole Behind one of the houses we lived in was a dark and formidable forest. The trees were enormous and it seemed as if the limbs and branches intertwined, creating a canopy that blocked out every drop of sunlight. The darkness ran deep and long, probably forever. There was no telling how many children …
Sep 14
Swimming Lessons Swimming has always been a major challenge for me. If there ever was an aquatic emergency, you wouldn’t want me jumping in to help. That would require the next rescuer to have to save two people. For several summers in a row, my parents dropped me and my siblings off at the pool for lessons. …
Sep 07
The Family Squeak, One Technique To Get Their Attention We have a traditional technique to get everyone’s attention in our house. This method has been passed down by my father, through me and on to my children. As small children, we used to grab my dad’s nose all the time. We couldn’t help ourselves because, …
Dec 05
How I Straightened My Own Teeth My bottom teeth are so crowded and crooked that: They have been described as little gravestones in an old cemetery. Someone asked me if I chewed rocks as a child. I smile with my eyebrows. My top teeth are pretty straight because of an incident in fifth grade. Growing …
Feb 18
Roller Skating Fiasco My life has been one of many embarrassing moments, and fitting in has never been one of my strong suits. I’m ninety-two percent positive that I could give Napoleon Dynamite a run for his money. Growing up in the 70s and early 80s, roller skating was the coolest thing a kid …
Feb 05
Dangerous Parenting Techniques As a parent, you may have some parenting techniques that you love to share with others. This post is the opposite of that. This is what not to do, based on learned experience and having some mishaps along the way. Disclaimer: All of these stunts were performed by a parent …
Jan 21
I Decided To Grow My Hair Out On the day after my beautiful wife and I exchanged our vows, I decided to grow out my hair. So I didn’t get a haircut for 2 years. You can imagine the process. At first the hair began to creep down to the top of my ears. Then …
Jan 07
Walk to School and Back Adventures In 1979 my family lived in base housing at Shaw AFB South Carolina. I was about 9 and my brother was about 8. The school we went to was pretty close to where we lived. So we walked to school and back each day together. There are many fond …
Dec 10
Rambo Knife Plus Teen Boy Equals ER When I turned 13, I proposed a purchase to my mom and dad. I know that it was probably something that they had been waiting their whole lives to hear. I exclaimed with great enthusiasm “I want a Rambo knife!” Now I know what you’re thinking, “He’s going …
Nov 26
Trailer Life At the age of 3.5, my dad was reassigned with the Air Force. We moved from the country of England to a Red Neck area, of back woods Sumter, South Carolina. My parents did not have a lot of money and so they bought a trailer. You know, a house that could be pimped out …
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