Category: Obituaries

Wouldn’t it be nice to be a child again? To live a carefree life under the protection and provision of loving parents? To spend carefree summers swimming, bike riding, game playing and just ‘hanging out’ with friends. Though it once was the case for so many of us, times have changed and now we must play ‘adult;’ a game that is not really a game. Through the years the carefree life of adolescence has given way to a life filled with great responsibility. The ‘daily-grind’ (as we sometimes call it), includes going to a job every day; and quite often…

Quite often we read something or hear someone speak of ‘random acts of kindness.’ Such acts of kindness are not necessarily an act of bravery like the saving of a child from drowning or rushing into a burning building to save an elderly person who is about to perish. Random acts of kindness are the simple things like helping someone cross the street, picking up a bag of grocery that have fallen from the hands of an overloaded person, or presenting a plate of fresh-baked cookies to the shut-in next door. It does not have to be anything heroic, but…

My wife, Lynda, and I just returned from a two-week vacation; a time designated for rest and relaxation. Though we had a great time and saw many things, we came home tired and needed a vacation from our vacation. The reason: we drove 1,800 miles; fighting the wind most of the way. Through the years I have heard many people say, “I came home from vacation more tired than before I went.” As Americans, I suppose that we do try and cram so much into a few days’ time. We want to see and experience all that we can because…