David and I headed to Addison last Thursday to award our fourth and fifth Tebo Family Scholarships. We made three awards last year and two this year. This year’s awards went to Keisha and Nate. Keisha is studying psychology and Nathaniel plans to take us to Mars. We had seven applicants, did a zoom interview …
Author: Robert
Three
Several months ago, I went to a dinner with over forty members of the Single Baby Boomers Club. We were scheduled to take part in a team putting contest on the Arnold Palmer Golf Course in The Villages. It was raining so the contest was canceled but we had dinner anyway. As I’ve written before, …
Mother’s Day 1968
I started dating a new girl in March of 1968. We met at the White Rose for my fraternity. Our chapter was being installed as Lambda Chi Alpha’s Lambda Tau. I had pledged the prior fall, and after almost getting black balled, I was assigned to help guys who didn’t have dates get dates for …
Simple Math
When I was in school, I hated math on the days we had to tackle story problems. Things like: If four guys go golfing at a course thirty minutes from their home, have an 8:00 a.m. tee time and they each get a hole in one during the round, what time will they get home? …
The Ghost’s Perfume
Last fall I wrote a blog about my son-in-law, Sutton’s, appearance at a high-end venue in San Diego, California. He opened for the group Air Supply, and Elizabeth appeared on stage with him, just as she did during an eighteen-month cross-country musical performance tour that began in the summer of 2018. They were Sutton and …
The Art of Following Through
I missed one day of school my sophomore year of high school. I didn’t miss any my junior or senior years. It wasn’t because I was a great student, dedicated to getting good grades, but I wasn’t sick, so I didn’t pretend to be so. The day I did miss my sophomore year was because …
My Golden Girls
I went to my favorite pool the other day to do my water exercises. When I arrived there were three ladies in the pool that I hadn’t seen before and one of them asked, “Are you here to lead our exercise group?” They went on to explain that they attempted to take part in an …
King David
The first time I met Dave Pray he was the elementary school principal in Clinton. He was new at his job but had been a teacher there prior to his promotion. I was a couple of years into my tenure in Addison. We were at a workshop hosted by the Lenawee County Intermediate School District. …
What I Know for Sure
What I know for sure about death and dying is limited. I’m positive there’s something else. I just don’t know what. If you’ve read my blogs, especially since Ruth’s accident, you know that I believe that she stops in to let me know she’s still with me. There are no big visions or conversations just …
My Own Mortality
I was about thirteen years old when I first thought about my own mortality. I had lost two of my grandparents a few years prior, but never considered my own death until around the time of my thirteenth birthday. I don’t know if the thought of being a teenager triggered my fear, but it was …