Good People Make a Difference

When I was young and very foolish I got kicked out of High School and moved 100 miles from my home to live with my sister Astrid and her family. To be honest I was suspended from school for 3 days and it was decided that I should go to my sister’s home. This was my Junior year in High School and it was just the start of Basketball season. I missed the rest of Basketball because my folks did not move with me so I couldn’t participate in my new school’s Basketball program because of the Montana State High School rules. I was very hateful and bitter. I loved Basketball more...

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“A Swift Kick in the Rear”

How Lucky are we some days? There are days when you get up and dwell on all the things not right in your life then something comes right out of the blue and makes you realize how lucky you really are. Years ago I ended up in a hospital in the Midwest for an illness. I was a long way from home and really down in the dumps feeling very, very, sorry for myself. I was walking down this long hospital corridor looking downward contemplating my sorry lot in life feeling pretty sad.  I wasn’t looking where I was going and almost ran into a wheelchair pushed by an attendant. I looked up and the...

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