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Memorializing FaceBook
Richard had a Facebook account. Not too surprising, nearly every college kid does. It’s sort of a piece of his life, dangling out there in cyberspace. Debbie was one of his “friends” on Facebook. I wasn’t. Facebook started out being limited to students only. Later they opened it up to everyone, and all us old…
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Mr. Honesty
Early in our marriage we decided to become a one-income family so Debbie could stay home with the kids. This of course was tough for our young family to do. Money was tight. We had to do without and find bargains wherever we could. Debbie and the kids were grocery shopping. As they wheeled down…
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Another Birthday
Today is Richard’s birthday. He would be/is 24 today. This one has been harder than the last. Last year his birthday was just 3 months from his death. In fact, we had just gotten his death certificate a couple of weeks before that. We were still numb. The Novocain of early grief has worn off. Richard was…
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Note To Rush Limbaugh
Dear Rush, I was listening to your program this afternoon when you told us about your friends, the Hasara family – the one’s that became a part of this terrible club. It was a story that brought a lump to my throat. We’re getting close to the second time we’ve had to celebrate our son Richard’s…
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Can the Dead Communicate Using Nature?
I was sitting on my Cracker Barrel rocking chair this morning, sipping coffee and watching the hummingbirds put on a show. We’ve been putting out feeders for them the past several summers. We’ve seen them flying around our feeders and enjoyed watching them. But this year they are different. There are a lot of them.…