There’s a new person in my life, Marie. We’d met before, years ago when I was in high school. Funny how old friends circle around when you can use them the most. We were never close. We met the first time when I worked as a stock boy at National Foods. I was just a …
Author: Robert
One Mississippi
When I was growing up and we were playing touch football, the linemen had to count one, one-thousand, two, one-thousand, three, one thousand, etc. before they could rush the quarterback. We didn’t have enough kids to play all of the positions, so we usually went with a center, a quarterback, and a receiver. The count …
16 Years Old
Eva turned 16 yesterday. Like most sixteen-year-olds she’s happy to have her driver’s license. She’s been saving to purchase a car. She and her brother, Brady, are very different in that regard. Eva is a saver and Brady does his best to keep the economy going. Over the past several months, I’ve seen a big …
Dear David,
Dear David, You probably aren’t aware of this yet. It may hit you tomorrow, or later in the week, but your life is about to change – BIG TIME. You’ve been driving Brady and Eva to school for years. You stopped driving Brady when he got his own car. Eva’s driving days are beginning Tuesday …
15 Weeks
Shortly after I retired, I shared some retirement ideas with my three children and their spouses. Ruth and I would spend fifteen weeks a year with each one of them. Realizing that fifteen weeks could be a bit overwhelming, I told them that it didn’t have to be fifteen consecutive weeks, but rather, they could …
Baby Steps
After Ruth’s accident I made a personal vow to take things slowly. I wouldn’t make any big changes for at least a year. I’d seen others make changes too fast that they later regretted. I didn’t want to put anyone through life altering events that we weren’t prepared to handle. Keeping both my Michigan and …
The Tamarack Gallery
During the summer of 2018, when Elizabeth and Sutton began their fifteen-month musical tour, Ruth and I were members of their groupies. We followed them around the State to catch a few of their shows. We took several side trips, especially in northern Michigan, as we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and local attractions. On one …
I Find That Comforting
About a month ago, I drove to a friend, Craig’s, house in Jackson. I planned to arrive between 5:00 and 5:15 so I was very cognizant of the time. I arrived at 5:05. Craig and I had a cocktail before heading out to pick up his dad, my friend, Ed. I was driving and as …
Why We Write
My first real experience with writing was Mr. Miller’s eight grade English class at Clara Barton Junior High. We had to write a piece each week. He gave us the topic, and we did the writing. Later in the week some of us were asked to read our compositions to the class. I was asked …
Two Moons
When Brady and Eva were young, Ruth and I had the opportunity to see them every week. They lived about twenty minutes from us, and we went to see them frequently. Sometimes we picked Brady up from pre-school or kindergarten. I’ll admit, Ruth did it more often than me. We also babysat for them when …