Category: Life Lessons

I met Chuck during my freshman year of college.  He was one a several suite-mates I had that year.   My roommate, Don, and I made it the entire year together, but we went through at least four different suite-mates.   Paul was from Jackson, Greg from Grosse Pointe, Steve from assorted bars throughout the …

I’m not a fan of bath mats.  I view throw rugs of any kind as potential disasters.  As we age we don’t always pick up our feet when we walk.  Some of us tend to shuffle.  That was my dad. Several years ago, when my mom was living alone in her apartment, she became ill …

Ruth and I attended a concert last Sunday night.  It was a nostalgic walk through the history of Motown.  We had a great trip.  We knew all of the songs and danced in our  seats for the full hour and forty-five minutes. Prior to the concert I stepped into the restroom to prepare for the …

I saw this cartoon the other day and loved it.  It reminded me of my youth, my kids, and my grandkids.  Snow’s a lot of fun when you’re young.  I never took the family card table to build a fort.  My kids never took one either, but my grandkids may have.  The kids on Edgeworth …

I got the Mustang back several months before that August interview.  It went well, and I was offered a job before I left that night.  I would be teaching six sections of seventh grade English, or two sections of geography and four sections of English.  Mr. Hindbaugh asked if I had a preference.  “Yes, I’d …

The summer between my sophomore and junior year at Western, I bought a 1967 Mustang convertible. It was silver with a black top.  If I was any cooler after that purchase, I would have been twins.   My parents helped me look for the car, arrange for the loan, and added the Mustang to their …

Ruth bought me a “step counting” device for Christmas. It will do more than that.  It’s a watch, a calendar,  keeps track of your heart rate, calories burned, miles traveled, sleep patterns, and numerous other things.   I wear it all the time.  The package and promo material encourage you to take 10,000 steps each …

Ruth and I have made some wonderful new friends in Florida. The girls do girl things, the guys do guy things, and we all do things together. Last year, the girls assembled several pictures. The assembly involved building frames (one guy helped) and painting motivational quotations on a canvas. The girls hung some up, gave …

I didn’t actually lie, we just changed our mind.  Ruth and I intended to go to Disney World on Christmas Day, but decided to pass as we drove into Orlando on Christmas Eve.  Fifty   million other people planned to go as well. I-4 was a parking lot, so we developed another plan.  When you’re …

I don’t understand why people get married in December.  The month is full of celebrations as it is, so why not wait until Spring when the weather is nicer, birds are singing, and flowers are blooming.  You know what I mean.  Perhaps people are looking for the benefit of filing a joint tax return in …