Month: August 2017

It takes a slap upside the head for some folks to change. For Shawn Kidwell, it took a bullet. By the time the bullet missed entering his skull, Kidwell had already been arrested at 22, had a DWI charge and crushed his leg in a motorcycle wreck. After 30 surgeries, with an increasing resistance to…

Above the petty squabbling and nitpicking of our daily lives, the moon glows and the sun shines every day on every person. On Eclipse Day the two celestial bodies canceled out the light and the pettiness for a few moments as folks shared the experience across the nation. Shortly after lunch, the time arrived to…

My daughter loaned us her four children for a couple days. The invasion of the one to 10 year-old children included favorite blankets, pillows, clothes, electronic tablets and energy. Katie toddled around, checking out the house until she discovered the Pac-N-Play prepared for her. Her face lit up “I wan go night-nigh,” she lifted her…

I keep a bushel of Lego blocks for my grandchildren and husband who likes Legos almost as much as he likes puzzles. Before we met my son’s family in Branson, I packed up half the Legos along with kits to make wooden butterfly houses and a 1,500 piece puzzle with clear blue sky that covered…

It was the worst way to spend an hour past bedtime: chasing a pet mouse that escaped two months ago. Or so says my daughter, Sharon, who spent an hour chasing said white mouse with her husband, Jacob, and four children. It began after the nightly teeth brushing. Caroline, 8, screamed, “I saw Shadow!” “You saw…