1am Saturday...Can't Sleep

Well, it is about 1:00 AM on a Saturday night, it is Memorial Day Weekend, I can't sleep, I been cleaning the basement and garage most of the day and all that dust is making my breathing crunchy.

I tried watching TV isn't nothing good on. So I came to the computer and wrote some more on that short story "Abby's Gift" I have 30 pages done..

So I went to You Tube and found this video. I liked it.. Sort of reminds me of a very good friend I have..

later and remember to Thank a Veteran this weekend, well actually every day..

Peace out homies...

US Army Part 1 - 1988-1990

Thought you all might get a kick out of these rare pictures of me.
Enjoy

oh, and happy Memorial Day Weekend..

The "Yep" Church..

Is this happening today in our Churches?

Shelly: - "Hey I would love to visit your church but I don't own a dress."
Usher: - "Sorry lady, we don't accept your kind"

New Mom: - "Hi, we just had a baby and I not comfortable leaving her in the nursery, is it ok she stays with us?"
Pastor: - "That darn baby in the fourth row was screaming half the service, and then the people around her kept trying to make her smile..how dare some people."

Church Deacon: - "Hey you.. you got mud all over the carpet, if you want to worship here, it best you change your shoes."
Young Drifter: - "Sorry sir."

Young Gothic girl: - "They wont accept me here, I am different."
Jamie, her friend: - "Sure they will, they told me in Sunday School, to LOVE everyone!"
Older Couple: "You see that is what's wrong with the country today, freaks like her with the tattoos and piercings trying to love a God who doesn't want her'"



Here is an idea..."The Yep Church"

Shelly: - "Hey I would love to visit your church but I don't own a dress is that ok."
Usher: - "YEP"

New Mom: - "Hi, we just had a baby and I not comfortable leaving her in the nursery, is it ok she stays with us?"
Pastor: - "YEP"

Young Drifter: -"I got mud on your new carpet, you forgive me"
Church Deacon: - "YEP"

Young Gothic girl: - "They wont accept me here, I am different."
Jamie, her friend: - "Sure they will, they told me in Sunday School, to LOVE everyone!"
Older Couple: "Welcome to our church I love your black dress, and your hair style"
Jamie: - "Do you really like her"?
Older Couple: - "YEP"

Luke 6:37
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven."

Now may I address your attention to the video!!

Winning The War

Today is a very exciting day.. in about two hours I will be batising a good friend of mine.
The turn of the story is prett cool.. He experienced heart ach early in the year and now he relized that he needs Jesus..
I am just honored I got to see the story end.. I know that God has a amazing plan for this young man life.

God bless you my friend
This video sums it up.."We all need to come home running"

Fallen But Not Forgotten

It was this month twenty years ago, That I signed up for the Delayed Entry Program for the United States Army...
Who would of thought that for eight years.. (some were pretty long at times) I would have seen the things I've seen or experience the things I experienced..
This video reminds me that EVERY US Vetern is important..
May God continue to bless America...

Happy Mothers Day

To my dear sweet mom, who taught me how to be just me!!
I love you

Abby's Gift

Hey, how is everyone doing.. Well since I am a big "chick-flicks" movie watcher, I thought I would give it a try, and see if I can write something in my spare time.
This is what I have so far...

Abby’s Gift

Prologue


Cherry Grove was just like any other small Kentucky town. As I sit in the waiting room of the UK Medical Center, (United Kingdom Medical Center), where the best neurologist in the world are, my mind couldn't’t help but go back to a more simpler time.

A time when you could leave your front doors unlock and we kids knew when the fire flies came out, we had thirty minutes to get home.

That was when I first met Abigail Johnson or “Abby” as she was known by all who knew her, only her grandmother and her mom when she got in trouble on occasion, would call her Abigail.

Abby was the best player at kick the can, a game of fast paced, heart racing excitement that only a twelve year boy or girl could really appreciate.

Now, as I sit flipping thru the pages of out dated back issues of Field and Stream, and Better Homes and Gardens, in room number two –twenty-four, I can’t help but wonder, did she make the right decision, and was it worth it.


Abby’s Gift

Chapter 1 – Kick the Can


“No, you didn’t tag me!” shouted Jason, as he stood there arguing with Abigail Johnson, the new girl. Abby, as she was known by her friends, moved to Cherry Grove at the end of the school term, two weeks before summer vacation. Her father has died of a brain tumor when she was 3 years old, and her mom wanted to start over and find more healing. She had heard about Cherry Grove from her Aunt, who grew up her, then moved to New York to start her career in the theater. A lot of people would say that Aunt Carol was where Abby received her magical imagination.

“Yes I did!!” shouted back Abby, louder then Jason, “You are such a big baby.” she shouted, “Fine,” “I will be it again!”

“Hey Willie, come and help me count.” Abby knew I hated the name Willie; my parents named me William Edward, after my great grandfather and I only like to answer to Eddie. But she was cute and I had the biggest crush on her, so whatever she wanted to call me was just fine with me.

“Coming!” I said.

Chief

Well it is Wednesday and I am sitting in my office.. about to get ready for the meal and Bible Study here at the church..but first I just wanted to give a little shout- out to an avid reader of "Love - Letters"

I am talking about my good friend "Chief Posey".. I just had lunch with him yesterday and we were having a good ole time..

He just became the new Chief of Police in our town.. and I wish him the best of luck.. I am 100% positive that he will do a excellent job!!...

So here's to you partner.. and if you see a green Buick with duct tape on the front and back window speeding threw town.. Remember what you read here !!! (haha)

Honestly

Well.. I haven't blogged in quiet a while.. to be honest I have been quite busy.. and sort of just "not-with-it" for a while.. I seem to have a lot on my mind.. anyway.. I did thought I would share this thought.. it is from John 15:13

"No greater love is this.. then when a person lays his life down for a friend"...

This kind of remind me of that 1980's song from that big hair band "Stryper" the song was "Honestly".. it basically talked about what it means to be a friend....

anyway.. that is what I believe makes life worth living..

One Of Those Days...."Why The World Needs A Superman"

Lets just say.. I had one of those days...

Birthdays

Well this past weekend we celebrated the birthdays of two young men..(haha)
On Sunday we had a party for Landon Cho' Love, who turned 3 years old on April 11th.. and his younger brother Roger Alexander (Lex)... who turned 1 on April 8th..

It was a pretty cool time.. Brady put together this bike/pulling thing for Alex.. I couldn't figure it out..

Hard to believe I have a 13 year old and a 3 year old and a 1 year old.. No wonder I am tired so much!!!

A Walk To Remember

Sunday April 20th and April 27th
Starting at 5pm Antioch Mills Christian Church

Movie/Bible Study

"A Walk To Remember"

Key Points:
Living Intentionally
Living Contrarily
Living Infectiously

Bible Verses
Ephesians 5:16
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Jeremiah 29:10-12

Love
Faith
Belonging
Reconcilliation

See you there
Lonnie

Being A Dad

Check this out.. while watching some TV last night I was channal surfing and came across this video.. This is pretty cool.. the words are sort of right on the money.. I look at my three boys and I can't help to think of all the things my dad told me.. and low and behold, I am saying them now!!

It is amazing how three boys can totaly change your life and have you put your priorites in line..

Next week is Brady's spring break and Cathy and I are taking ten days off to hang out with the boys.. I am looking forward to this journey called "being the dad of three boys"..

It should be a wild ride.. like the song says..

"From watching him learn how to crawl
To skinned up knees from skateboard falls
To praying he'd get through football alive
From hearing his first words spoken
The first time his heart got broken
And knowing soon he'll spread his wings and fly
I guess I didn't know what a Daddy goes thru
Til I was a Daddy too"

Thanks dad.. You always knew what to say.. even when I am a daddy too, you still know what to say.. Love you..

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together.....

Monday is my typical day off, so I thought I would jump in and start the laundry for the week, and boy will my wife be so "happy and surprised"!!!...

(We interrupted this story for a message from the Emergency Broadcast System)

Today is Tuesday and I just got off the phone with my darling quiet wife. She informed me that,and I quote.. "You are NOT allowed to wash cloths ever- ever- ever- again"!!.. It seems that she "noticed" that I washed her new pink sweater with some white and brown cloths and they have this "spotted pink" look to them..

Again, she said I was never ever ever ever to wash cloths again....

Tonight I am putting a shelf up in the bathroom.. I hope she didn't noticed the holes in the wall from where I tried to put it up on Monday and the holes were off centered... (4 times)

It Is Finished.. Upward 2008

This Saturday is our Upward Closing program, a celebration to end a tremendous successful ministry season. So many people put so much time and effort into seeing that the children of this community would have a place to play and cheer and learn about the love of a Father..

My main prayer is that the mothers and fathers of those children will be responsible enough for the watering and the caring of the seeds that were planted.

Till next season..

The Boys

Well.. it has been awhile since I last blogg.. I am working on my message for the Upward closing program.. as I sit in my office.. I can hear the rain beat along the metal roof of the Family Life Center.. Oh my it is rainning so hard out there...!!

Anyway quick update on the boys.. Brady - Landon - Alexander..

Brady.. has been doing pretty good.. he has a "freind" that he spends hours with on the phone.. he is doing much better when we ask him to do somthing..(going through teen hormone days)

Landon - OMG.... Landon is killing us.. He takes his pants down.. shows his bottom and does a Veggie tales song and dance.. he is learning some new songs at church and at mommie's "MOPP Classes".. he still needs daddy to lay down with him when he goes to bed...You know what.. Daddy needs it too!!!

Alexander - Alexander.. or Lex is doing amazingly well.. he whistles.. I am serious. he will whistle and actual sound wil come out..

over all the boys are doing pretty good.. I am blessed to have them

Team Hoyt

Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they are in a triathlon — that daunting, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 miles of running, 112 miles of bicycling, and 2.4 miles of swimming. Together they have climbed mountains, and once trekked 3,735 miles across America.
It’s a remarkable record of exertion — all the more so when you consider that Rick can't walk or talk.
For the past twenty five years or more Dick, who is 65, has pushed and pulled his son across the country and over hundreds of finish lines. When Dick runs, Rick is in a wheelchair that Dick is pushing. When Dick cycles, Rick is in the seat-pod from his wheelchair, attached to the front of the bike. When Dick swims, Rick is in a small but heavy, firmly stabilized boat being pulled by Dick.
At Rick’s birth in 1962 the umbilical cord coiled around his neck and cut off oxygen to his brain. Dick and his wife, Judy, were told that there would be no hope for their child’s development.
"It’s been a story of exclusion ever since he was born," Dick told me. "When he was eight months old the doctors told us we should just put him away — he’d be a vegetable all his life, that sort of thing. Well those doctors are not alive any more, but I would like them to be able to see Rick now."
The couple brought their son home determined to raise him as "normally" as possible. Within five years, Rick had two younger brothers, and the Hoyts were convinced Rick was just as intelligent as his siblings. Dick remembers the struggle to get the local school authorities to agree: "Because he couldn’t talk they thought he wouldn’t be able to understand, but that wasn’t true." The dedicated parents taught Rick the alphabet. "We always wanted Rick included in everything," Dick said. "That’s why we wanted to get him into public school."
A group of Tufts University engineers came to the rescue, once they had seen some clear, empirical evidence of Rick’s comprehension skills. "They told him a joke," said Dick. "Rick just cracked up. They knew then that he could communicate!" The engineers went on to build — using $5,000 the family managed to raise in 1972 - an interactive computer that would allow Rick to write out his thoughts using the slight head-movements that he could manage. Rick came to call it "my communicator." A cursor would move across a screen filled with rows of letters, and when the cursor highlighted a letter that Rick wanted, he would click a switch with the side of his head.
When the computer was originally brought home, Rick surprised his family with his first "spoken" words. They had expected perhaps "Hi, Mom" or "Hi, Dad." But on the screen Rick wrote "Go Bruins." The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season, and his family realized he had been following the hockey games along with everyone else. "So we learned then that Rick loved sports," said Dick.
In 1975, Rick was finally admitted into a public school. Two years later, he told his father he wanted to participate in a five-mile benefit run for a local lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Dick, far from being a long-distance runner, agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair. They finished next to last, but they felt they had achieved a triumph. That night, Dick remembers, "Rick told us he just didn’t feel handicapped when we were competing."
Rick’s realization turned into a whole new set of horizons that opened up for him and his family, as "Team Hoyt" began to compete in more and more events. Rick reflected on the transformation process for me, using his now-familiar but ever-painstaking technique of picking out letters of the alphabet:
" What I mean when I say I feel like I am not handicapped when competing is that I am just like the other athletes, and I think most of the athletes feel the same way. In the beginning nobody would come up to me. However, after a few races some athletes came around and they began to talk to me. During the early days one runner, Pete Wisnewski had a bet with me at every race on who would beat who. The loser had to hang the winner’s number in his bedroom until the next race. Now many athletes will come up to me before the race or triathlon to wish me luck."
It is hard to imagine now the resistance which the Hoyts encountered early on, but attitudes did begin to change when they entered the Boston Marathon in 1981, and finished in the top quarter of the field. Dick recalls the earlier, less tolerant days with more sadness than anger:
"Nobody wanted Rick in a road race. Everybody looked at us, nobody talked to us, nobody wanted to have anything to do with us. But you can’t really blame them - people often are not educated, and they’d never seen anyone like us. As time went on, though, they could see he was a person — he has a great sense of humor, for instance. That made a big difference."
After 4 years of marathons, Team Hoyt attempted their first triathlon — and for this Dick had to learn to swim. "I sank like a stone at first" Dick recalled with a laugh "and I hadn’t been on a bike since I was six years old."
With a newly-built bike (adapted to carry Rick in front) and a boat tied to Dick’s waist as he swam, the Hoyts came in second-to-last in the competition held on Father’s Day 1985.
"We chuckle to think about that as my Father’s Day present from Rick, " said Dick.
They have been competing ever since, at home and increasingly abroad. Generally they manage to improve their finishing times. "Rick is the one who inspires and motivates me, the way he just loves sports and competing," Dick said.
And the business of inspiring evidently works as a two-way street. Rick typed out this testimony:
"Dad is one of my role models. Once he sets out to do something, Dad sticks to it whatever it is, until it is done. For example once we decided to really get into triathlons, dad worked out, up to five hours a day, five times a week, even when he was working."
The Hoyts’ mutual inspiration for each other seems to embrace others too — many spectators and fellow-competitors have adopted Team Hoyt as a powerful example of determination. "It’s been funny," said Dick "Some people have turned out, some in good shape, some really out of shape, and they say ‘we want to thank you, because we’re here because of you’."
Rick too has taken full note of their effect on fellow-competitors while racing:
"Whenever we are passed (usually on the bike) the athlete will say "Go for it!" or "Rick, help your Dad!" When we pass people (usually on the run) they’ll say "Go Team Hoyt!" or "If not for you, we would not be out here doing this."
Most of all, perhaps, the Hoyts can see an impact from their efforts in the area of the handicapped, and on public attitudes toward the physically and mentally challenged.
"That’s the big thing," said Dick. "People just need to be educated. Rick is helping many other families coping with disabilities in their struggle to be included."
That is not to say that all obstacles are now overcome for the Hoyts. Dick is "still bothered," he says, by people who are discomforted because Rick cannot fully control his tongue while eating. "In restaurants - and it’s only older people mostly - they’ll see Rick’s food being pushed out of his mouth and they’ll leave, or change their table. But I have to say that kind of intolerance is gradually being defeated."
Rick’s own accomplishments, quite apart from the duo’s continuing athletic success, have included his moving on from high school to Boston University, where he graduated in 1993 with a degree in special education. That was followed a few weeks later by another entry in the Boston Marathon. As he fondly pictured it: "On the day of the marathon from Hopkinton to Boston people all over the course were wishing me luck, and they had signs up which read `congratulations on your graduation!’"
Rick now works at Boston College’s computer laboratory helping to develop a system codenamed "Eagle Eyes," through which mechanical aids (like for instance a powered wheelchair) could be controlled by a paralyzed person’s eye-movements, when linked-up to a computer.
Together the Hoyts don’t only compete athletically; they also go on motivational speaking tours, spreading the Hoyt brand of inspiration to all kinds of audiences, sporting and non-sporting, across the country.
Rick himself is confident that his visibility — and his father’s dedication — perform a forceful, valuable purpose in a world that is too often divisive and exclusionary. He typed a simple parting thought:

"The message of Team Hoyt is that everybody should be included in everyday life."

Birthday

Well last week I turned the big "38"... yea can you belive that.. but it was pretty cool.. I got an awesome gift.. a new day planner that is really impressive and Cathy took me out to O Chuck's for dinner and I got to go to Big Lots...

My computer has been down so I haven't been able to blogg much.. Upward is going very well.. Three more weeks.. hard to belive..

well see you all in the funny papers

Move It..You Got To Move It..

Ever since Landon saw this movie.. he has been running around the house singing.."You got to move it.. move it..."

I Don't Feel Good

Well it is that time of year again, Landon has been conjested all week and had a nasty sounding cough.. But the doctor gave him some meds and he is doing much better.. Upward is starting it's third week this Saturday and things are going pretty good.. We have a total of 152 kids involved.. I am excited about that...

"Diaper Dandy Baby"...

Oh I have a birthday comming up in about 13 days and 5 hours... so if any one wants to get me a gift and really dont know what to get me.. I take all kinds of CASH!!!

Been To Long

Hey .. Well it has been awhile since my last post.. honestly I been really busy with Upward Ministries.. last weekend was our first game.. I don't know I think it went pretty good.....

Remember When....

I remember I used to watch The Rock.. Back when the WWF was fun.. Now it seems I am to busy to watch any TV..

But I have to say.. It was an AWESOME ride!!!

Blessing

Hey everyone...
Again I have to brag on someone.. Her name is Whitnay... or whom I like to call Whit-Ney... She is one of our students and she is also one of my Upward Cheer coaches.. Now, the reason I am bragging on her is not that she is a super cool teen who watches my 2 young boys some of the, most of the time.. and that she is my "honorary" daughter"..

But the fact that she wrote this letter to all her Upward Cheer parents.. It truly showed the heart of a teen who is trying to make a difference..

So it just goes to show you.. you can't judge all teens by what the news reports.. There are alot of AWESOME teens out there..

Here is a thought... why don't you take time out to talk to one.. you might just be suprised...

PS... this picture is a Christian pop group called Hawk Nelson.. her favorite...

Whay to go Whitnay!!!...."Remember who you are, And what you stand for".. I am prould of you girl!!!

"Daddy.. I Got To Go Poopie!!!"

I am so excited!!!
Landon came to me this morning and said he had to poopie.. I was so happy for him.. He got on his stool.. (not that kind of "stool") and sat there.... and sat there.. and sat there.. then he made the cooliest face, and "plop"!! out it came!!!!

He jumped up and said..."Look daddy, it is poopie"!!!

I said "Yea!!!"

The he finished and we went and got a "scooby-snack" and watch TV..

Upward

Well.. Upward Basketball and Cheerleading has started this year.. I am sort of excited about this.. I think this might be one of our best years.. I have alot of new coaches who are excited about being a mentor to alot of deserving young kids.

I am very excited that we got a lot of new kids this year.. I am thrilled that we have so many returning families..

I am looking forward to see what God has planned this year!!!

Smallville.....

Hero

Yet Another Cool Video

Superman Rocks!!

Pretty Cool

This was a pretty cool video

Above The Clouds

This is pretty cool..
The other day Landon came to me and we were talking and he made this pretty awesome statement.
He said “Daddy, can I fly thru the clouds with you?”...As I answered “You sure can!”
As he walked out of the room smiling he then asked...”You my friend daddy?”…

And I answered “I am your best friend.” Then he went to bed.

Movies

Friday November 30th.

Well today I didn't make it into my office until around 12:00. I wasn't feeling to good yesterday when I got home from Falmouth. So what I did was take some meds and the meds made me very sleepy..

I think I still had it in my system 'cause when I got up this morning I was still feeling droggy..anyway.. This brings back memories of last night when I was watching TV..

You see I love the Hallmark Channel.. and they been having some good movies I might add. I watched one Wednesday night called the "Christmas Visitor" and was pretty good..

And then last night I watched a movie called "The Christmas Card" or somthihg.. but it was another pretty good romantic comedy.

have a good day

The Little Drummer Boy

This is a pretty cool video of an classic song.Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale did this version of Drummer boy with a stompin surprise!!!

Let's Go Save The World

"I'll Be There For You"

Thursday Nov 29th,

I just got back into my office from making a call into Mt. Sterlin.. It was a pretty amazing visit.. I would have to say and agree with, that the power of the Holy Spirit was with me.. and I belive I owe that to a pretty neat person.. who prayed with me before I left and who was praying for me the whole time I was visting.

I say that this "prayer-warrior" is pretty neat, but that is not true..This person is beyond "neat" I won't give away this person's name, (do to the fact that it might make them feel embrassed).. But I will say that, this person whom I call a FRIEND - BEYONDER..(that is someone who goes above and beyond the call of what a friend does- They are what Jesus would describe in John 15:13)

Anyway this "Friend-Beyonder" gave me a gift today that was in every shape and form, of the heart.. And for that I am truly THANKFUL!!

You can go though-out this world doing and saying the right things.. and not realizing that you are making an impact in peoples lives..

Today my "FRIEND-BEYONDER" showed me something that, they been telling me for months..

"I BELIEVE IN YOU"

Talk about a "pep-talk"!!!

Eddie's Place

Well I just got back from lunch with big Kev.. We went to Edwardo's..( I might of spelled it wrong-but hey.. I am on human)(I think- I could be from another planet like Kyrpton).

anyway I thought I would blogg about our lunch experience..

It was quet a time.. We talked.. ate... listen to good music..

That is all..

How is it going

Well I think I am ready to start blogging again.. I been away for a while getting things done and what not..I been thinking of funny stories to write.. After much thinking .. I thought I would just blog about every day stuff.. that is pretty funny.. I mean my life is pretty funny at times..

Like just yesterday.. I thought it would be funny to "re-live" Cathy's last two births .. you know the excitment of the drive to the hospital and the "cool sound effects" she made while giving birth!!...

Our couch is very comfortable...

I'm Always Around

Hey yall...

I am still around..

Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day..

"Hold-On!"

“Hold – On!!”
(A short story…In the Series of the Life of Believe)

As she looked down at the words “believe and love” hanging from a silver chain that in-circled her slim neckline. Believe couldn’t help but wonder, “how much more happiness can I take.” But, she was about to witness yet, another amazing encounter.

You see, Believe started her week out pretty bumpy. She knew she was loved, but yet, she didn’t truly understand what it would one day mean. You see to understand Believe; you have to understand the world that she lives in. As a writer of encounters, it would be injustice on my part to try to write into words what Believe feeling that weekend. Everyone has a moment in time when they feel totally alone, and sadly Believe got tangled in a web of lies from a voice that rules that dark side.

By dawn’s early light on a chilly October morning, Believe knew she needed to hear the voice of Patients. Though Believe expected the worse, she was amazed by the outcome of such a dreary October morning.

As we fast-forward 24 hours we see Believe enjoying that bright and warm sunshine. When came a moment in time, which will forever change her life.





Throughout Believes life, she did what was expected of such a beautiful child of a God that promised her a life of never ending happiness. She often wondered what she could do with her life that would bring even a more profound impact of her God’s glory.

Believe also had a heart for Widgets, Widgets are like Believe and Patients, but smaller and braver. Oh my, when you first encounter a Widget they have such magical powers that can cause a grown Snager to weep with joy. Widgets were often look down on because of their small statured. But, to hold a Widget in your arms, you will be empowered with a strength that can move mountains.

Believe always knew in her heart that she was placed in the land of Widgets for a reason. One day while talking to her friend Patients over the Sneeper-Snooper, she was transfer to another Sneeper-Snooper.

It seems that the school of advanced Widgets Fundamental was in dire straits of an Esrun to care for sad and lonely Widgets. Sadly Believe felt she couldn’t accept this blessing because of other commitments. As she was expressing her heart to Patients, she had another encounter on her potable Sneeper-Snooper. With the sad and empty words “Hold-On” she braced herself for the worse.

But to the surprise of Believe it was the main Esrun director who informed Believe that she could bless the Widgets part of the time.

Believe hung up the Sneeper-Snooper and screamed...


(To be continued)

The Journey (part I )

Our story begins in the stars. There once was a beautiful pink flower that, for the sake of the story shall be called, Believe. Now Believe knew that the stars where set in the velvet night sky, for all creation to enjoy. The stars were also the world’s greatest compass. Anyone at any particular time could look up and always find their way home.

Believe loved to look up and wonder how God could name every star and still find time to create the wonders of this earth. But as time continued on, Believe began to lose her petals. The once vibrant, colorful pink flower started to show the fear and sadness of this world. As each day passed, Believe fell more and more into despair and heartache. This flower, who at one time was the beauty of the Creator, began to feel more and more like a rose, trampled on the ground.

For years, Believe felt incomplete. She kept her heart open for new journeys, but every time Believe began the journey, she was abandon.

Then one bright sunny day, the Creator place Believe on the road towards another journey. But this time, He the Creator decided to place in Believes path, a gate keeper that would hold the key. Now for the sake of argument we shall call this keeper of the key, Patients.

As Believe continues her new journey, she is compelled to understand the gate keeper. Now Patients was very similar to Believe, they had a lot in common, but also had a lot of heartache. Both were sadden buy the ways of this world and the hearts of many.

As the two continued their journey, they were met by many travelers along the way. Some were weary and need of comfort, others were cold-hearted and in need of forgiveness.

(To be continued)

Sports Junkie

WHAT WE CHRISTIANS CAN LEARN FROM SPORTS FANS
1 CORINTHIANS 9:25

"My friend..claims I'm a baseball fanatic. She says all I ever read about is baseball. All I ever talk about is baseball. All I ever think about is baseball. I told her she's way off base."

INTRODUCTION:

It was July of 1924, and he was the fastest man in the world with high hopes for an Olympic Gold medal that summer.
But then he learned something that made his heart sink. The qualifying race for the 100 meters was scheduled for Sunday.

The 100 meter race was his best event but, Eric Liddell would not race on Sunday. He loved God and he honored Sunday as a day of worship and rest as the Bible teaches us. His coaches and even the government of Scotland pressured him to skip church and run that Sunday morning. But Eric refused, because he put God first.

While the other runners competed in the race on that Sunday morning, Eric spent that Lord’s Day in church, preaching the Word of God.
What’s more important, Eric didn’t go home from the 1924 Olympic Summer Games empty handed, he went home with his integrity and a fuller relationship with his Heavenly Father!

Oh yea, he also went home with a little something –something. A gold medal and a world record! Eric didn’t run in the 100 meter, which was his best event. Instead he entered the 400 meter and ran faster than any human had ever had.

That was over eighty years ago at the 1924 Pairs Olympics. Eric’s victory was the focus of the Oscar winning movie, Chariots of Fire. After winning the gold medal, Eric Liddell went on to attend the Seminary and then went to China as a Missionary.
The missionary field became very dangerous for Eric in the 1940’s. But Eric wouldn’t leave, the man who had enough integrity to put God’s will ahead of his own sports dream, also had enough courage to put God’s will ahead of his own safety.
Eric kept doing God’s work among the Chinese people, and eventually ended up in a prison camp. He was tortured for years until his death of a brain tumor at the age of 43.


Now I am going to tell you a brief story of another athlete who died of brain cancer at the age of 43. Unlike Eric Liddell, sports, was this athlete’s god, and he would stop at nothing to win.
He played most of his games on Sunday as a defensive of end in the NFL.
Lyle Alzado accomplished everything he dreamed of.
He led the NFL in sacks, he was named the defensive player of the year, and he even won a Super Bowl, all on Sunday.

Unfortunately, he could not have done these things without the use of steroids. Steroids made him bigger, stronger, and more aggressive on and off the field.
The steroids were against the law, but sports matter more than the law. The steroids were endangering his health, but sports matter more than his health.
The steroids cased mood swings that ruined relationships, but sports matter more than relationships.
Lyle Alzado’s second wife says, “Lyle often hit me in fits of anger and he was impossible to live with because of his never ending mood swings.” By the time Lyle Alzado reached his mid forties, he had been married four times.
At the age of 43, Lyle Alzado dies of brain cancer.

Now tell me, who had a better approach to life, Eric Liddell, or Lyle Alzado? You tell me, who was wiser, the man who put God first, or the one who would stop at nothing to win? You tell me, which of these two’s perspective on life is more typical today?

In a September 2004 article in the Street and Smith Sports Business Journal, they write: “The sports industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, our annual survey of the size of the industry estimated the sports business industry last year at $212 billion. Endorsements alone where $1 billion in 2003, the sports industry is twice the size of the US auto industry and seven times the size of the movie industry, events like the Super Bowl, Indianapolis 500, Winston Cup, World Series and The Final Four, attract millions of fans.

Sadly, sports are also the biggest idol in millions of people’s lives, and many, many Christians follow athletes, as if they were gods.
Please don’t misunderstand my motive. This message is not to condemn sports as bad, because sports can teach us many important values, “if” we are willing to learn.

So what can sport fans possible teach Christians? Have you ever studied the origin of the word “fan?” The word “fan” is a shortened form of the word, “fanatic” and a “fanatic” is someone who is unreasonably enthusiastic, or overly zealous, going beyond what is reasonable. A fan however, is one who is passionate about a sport, pastime, or a certain performer.
The dedication and zeal that a sports fan shows for his team, or favorite athlete, might be considered fanatical, but, what if the object of that enthusiasm was Jesus Christ, and the things of God?
A lot of Christians stop short of full surrender to God, because of what people might say. After all, we don’t want to be fanatics, do we?


I. Sports Fans Are Faithful – They Don’t Conform
Sports fans like to identify with their team, so they have hats, shirts socks and even underwear with the logos of their favorite teas on them. They love to “represent” their team. Most authorities say that Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player of all time, and it is said, that he wore his college teams, North Carolina Tar Heels, team shorts under his uniform while he was winning championships for the Chicago Bulls. “Once a Tar Heel, always a Tar Heel.” He once said. Did you know that some sports fans have even been buried in a replica jersey of their favorite team?

So if sports fans fanatical about representing their favorite team, why are we Christians, so shy about being a witness for Christ? A UK fan can leave his native Kentucky home and wear his blue and white proudly where ever he or goes. But the Christian gets in a crowd of lost people and loses his voice! I find that to be very disturbing, especially in the light of the fact that the Christian’s silence is disrespectful of their Heavenly Father.


Disrespect is a big deal in this country, everybody wants respect, but not many folks are winning to work for it or even earn it. Do you ever think about how disrespectful we are to God, when we make a mental choice of keeping silent for fear of embarrassment or ridicule, you are disrespecting the Father rather you realize it or not. Acts 1: 8 says. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.”

The witness represents Christ to the lost, and testifies what Christ had done for him. Atlanta Brave fans from the First Baptist Church in Atlanta often do the “tomahawk chop” in a crowded mall to show their team spirit, but their Pastor, Dr. Charles Stanley said, “We have trouble getting those same fans to witness for Christ in that same environment.” That my friend is disrespectful!


II. Sport Fans Are Not Stingy
Every year during the Christmas and New Year holidays, thousands of fans follow their college teams to a bowl game, which is their reward for a winning season. The Lexington Herald reported that, “fans will pay up to a $1,000.00 for tickets to the game.” Including airfare and hotel rooms, An individual fan spends an average of $2,000.00 on his bowl trip.

It seems that no sacrifice is too great, when your team or kid is involved. Contrast that attitude to that of those Christians who say, “Why does our Pastor always preach on money?” George Barna, in a 2005 poll of more than 5,000 Christians from 20 different churches found that.
92% of those who agreed with the above statement did not tithe regularly. Let’s take a look at what Paul had to say to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 8:7. “But, just as you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in your love for us-see that you also excel in the grace of giving.”

Excel in giving means to “exceed what is expected.” When we consider all that Christ has done for us, and the blessings that are waiting on us, we should be eager to worship God in our giving. Someone said, “You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” Giving and witnessing, is a true test of our love.

III. Sports Fans Are Tireless
Sports fans will travel for days to see their team play and some fans will sacrifice everything to travel to road games. No matter how far away, fans of college teams join booster clubs to further the efforts of their teams.

There was a Packers fan with a really bad seat at the stadium. Looking with his binoculars, he spotted an empty seat on the 50-yard line. Thinking to himself "what a waste" he made his way down to the empty seat. When he arrived at the seat, he asked the man sitting next to it, "Is this seat taken?" The man replied, "This was my wife's seat. She passed away. She was a big Packers fan." The other man replied, "I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. May I ask why you didn't give the ticket to a friend or a relative?" The man replied, "They're all at the funeral."


Mom and dads involved in community sports leagues, work tirelessly selling items to help buy equipment for their kid’s teams, and the funny thing is, if you don’t buy it, they get upset.
Why do so many get upset? Because, they are so passionate about their cause. They drive their kids hundreds of miles and spend millions of dollars, so their kids can play on the “select-teams” that are supposed to be the best of the best, but, are they?


According to a 2006 article in Sports Illustrated concerning little league baseball. “There are very few non-select teams today, because too many teams are calling themselves a select teams and that is watering down the talent on what select teams.”


Do you realize that when we Christians get saved, we are on a select team! And our job is to draft those who are not saved onto our genuine “select-team.”
Unfortunately, some Christians, (like many parents who get upset when their kid, who they think is the next Michael Jordan or Derik Jettier doesn’t start) get upset if they are not publicly recognized for their efforts. Ok, if you don’t remember anything about this massage remember this. There are many believers who go their whole lives working in obscurity, and never get credit for their hard work. Romans 6:22 says. “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness and the result is eternal life.” Galatians 5:13 says. “You my brothers were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather serve one another in love.”


IV. Sports Fans Are Loyal
If you enjoy sports at all you probably heard the term: “bandwagon fans.” Bandwagon fans are those fans who switch from one team to another, according to wins and losses. There are always on the side of the winning team. But these fans are held in derision by most true fans.
Most fans choose their loyalties based on their parents or childhood memories. And once you become a fan of a certain team, the bond is for life, “if” you are a genuine fan. Win or lose sink or swim, they are your team!
We Christians should have the same attitude, as Paul taught the Philippians in Chapter 3

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me Heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Are you a “fanatic?”

My Turn!

Oh my goodness... (part II)

Brady had a football game last night.. and oh my goodness.. Forget what I blogg about in the past..

Brady (#75 in your program but #1 in your hearts) seen this kid with the ball running towards him.. I guess the other player thought he was "going to run over Brady."

But "The L-Train" stood his ground and put him to the ground!!.. Now we did have to talk about what he did to the player while he was still on the ground ...I was sort of smiling and proud.. but we still had to talk about it..

After he put the player to the ground.. He proceeded to stand over him and say "Don't get up!" (shhhh I loved it!!!!)

The Shot Heard Around The World

Oh my goodness!!!

We went to Brady's football game last night,.. and Brady was about to tackel this kid from the other team,.. when all of a sudden.. this "monster" of a player (who I was told weighted in at 290 lbs) hit Brady who came off the ground and rolled a good 3 feet.. Then he just laid there...

His mom jumped up and... (well you know how moms can be) But when he got up and look at us in the stands and nodded, we knew he was ok..

Later on that night, Brady and I were talking .. he said.."Dad, that guy hit me hard!!"

A Voice In City Government

Hey Falmouth Kentucky in America!!!
If you are not doing anything important (a what could be more important than this)
Get off the couch and go vote on November 6th

and, If you are in the Falmouth Kentucky area.. You should vote for Stan Love for City council on Novemeber 6th

Ok America...
Go back to your lives now!! Oh and go to church somewhere people!!

New Friend

It is pretty cool how God works..

This pass month I made a new friend... This friend of mine thinks I am pretty "down to earth" and "a funny guy!!"

My friend also said that I have been blessed with a gift from God.. And that I use that gift for God's church...

That made me feel pretty good..

So if my "new" friend reads this blog.. Thanks "ole-pal"

PS... I am like "Chandler... funny and witty"!!

Toot Toot

Well, I do believe Brady will be able to move into his new room on Sunday or even sooner, maybe Saturday!!

Yea, yea I know what you all are thinking.. "Ok who helped.. or who did it".. honestly Cathy and Brady and I did most of the work.. Curtis show me how and Roger did the electric..(come on I am proud not stupid haha) and we did the dry wall and painting.. I even made the closet.. We are installing the carpet Saturday morning or mabye Friday night!!

Anyway.. I am not one to "toot my horn but.. I think I deserve it!!

so here I go!!!!

Toot - Toot - Toot - T00t

Does It Matter?

I am sitting in my office. It is around 6:40pm on Tuesday August 28, 2007. That is correct. It is Tuesday, but does it matter? I have a lodge meeting to go to in about 45 minutes, but does it matter? I had a frozen dinner for supper tonight, but does it matter?
I just went back and fixed all the “dots” that should have been question marks”, but does that matter?

I guess what I am getting at is that for some time now, I noticed more and more people trying to “fit-in” or rush or even stress over the smallest things. When only thing that really matters is that we are here to please God.

I caught my self from time to time recently just worrying over the littlest things instead of trying to “save the world”.. (Or in most cases, make it a little more pleasant for others)

Well this month I had the opportunity to baptize two young kids and another is set to be baptizing soon. I tell you what. You want to get a perceptive on life..
Watch a young child hear, learn and accept Jesus Christ.. That is what matters!

Been A While…

It has been a while since I last posted... I have been busy working on Brady’s room...well; sort of... anyway we are almost done... I am hoping to have it finished this weekend. I am going to work hard on Sat and Sun and Mon and Tuesday..

Anyway I am going to think of something to blogg about..

The L Train

The “torch” has been passed!!.. Brady made the Harrison County Middle School football team and we are very excited!... I knew he would have no problem making it.. But I think the thing that made his mom and me the proudest was that he went to his coach and said that he would either have to leave early or not show up on Wednesday nights, because it was his Bible study time with his youth group at church..

It is nice to see that even though he can be a “typical” pre-teen.. He still knows what his priorities are..

Side note - He is joining his schools FCA (Fellowship of Christian Atletes) way to go Brady Love... I mean "L Train"

Thomas the Train Engine

You want to make a 2 year old smile... Show up with a box that has Thomas the train in it or Percy the mail carrier or even James the freight hauler.. You can’t forget Toby the older steam engine and of course the day is not completed unless you get instructions from Sir Toppenhat.

Well that is how I start my day with Landon.. We get down on the floor and play with the train sets.. But what is even funnier or should I say very cute, is when he says his bed time prayers and includes with mom and dad, are Thomas, Percy, James..

The Art of “Forking”

In my last blog, I had some people inquire on the art of “forking”.. !
Basically, what you do is you get a ton of white plastic forks, and then you sneak up on a co-worker or a “good –natured” person’s house and start sticking the forks (all the forks) in the yard.
You must always have the “prongs” (those stick things at the ends) sticking up...
When done right, it is a beautiful sight!

There you go the art of “forking”

PS... You must use your own judgment on rather or not you will get caught.

Where Does Time Go

I can’t believe that it is almost August! I have to admit that this has been one of my busiest months to date… So let me give you all a quick recap of July 2007

During the first week of July, I took a vacation week!! (Yea, Ministers take vacations – but not from God!) We went to Holiday World, then to Thomas the Train! The second week in July, I was in the office part of the week. We had a trip to the Maysville Water Park! That was very exciting... especially the “storm that just missed us, or when we almost ran out of gas!

The third part of July, I was at Camp Northward!! (iTune Into God)..This was an AWESOME time.. Besides the greatest worship band being there, Lois Lane and myself “forked” someone’s (Kev’s) yard.. Oh yea and Lois “knocked” on the door and ran off!! This was a great time… Way to go Lois!!

And now, finally we are towards the end of July… We went to the Air Force Museum on Tuesday and Friday the kids are visiting a fire house and its men and woman who bravely work there!

Over all it was a great month…But I have to give my top 3 things…

1.. Vacation with the family
2.. Camp Northward
3.. Lois and myself forking someone’s (Kev’s) yard!!

Deep Thoughts

These will give you something to think about... Thanks Jack!

If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song.

Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said "Hey, hows it going?". So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said "Now whose asking the questions?"

I think a pillow should be the peace symbol, not the dove. The pillow has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have a beak to peck you with.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

wouldn't be surprised if someday some fishermen caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy---something like that.

I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head. Then you go swimming underwater until you find a mommy duck and her babies, and you join them. Then, all of a sudden, you stand up out of the water and roar like Godzilla. Man, those ducks really take off! Also, Baby Duck Hat is good for parties.

If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.

Are We There Yet

Phew!! I am wore out! Today, I along with some "brave" adults took out K-5th grade youth group to the US Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio.... (about 2 hours away)... So you can imangine the patients of the kids.. But I have to say they did a great job!!..

The museum is a pretty cool place. We visted the "Early Years" , "WWII", "Modern Flight", and the "Space Program". Over all it was a pretty good day..

Camp Week

Well I just finished another year of church camp.. It is around 2:30 in the am and I about to head of to bed.. We get an extra hour sleep in the morning.. Which means I will be waking up in about 5 hours..
I have to say it was a pretty good week over all.. The rain came and went through out the week and the sun beat down on us.. But it wasnt too bad.. My partner in crime "Lois" came and helped out a few days..
I tell you what I dont think I ever remember laughing as hard as I did when we were just hanging out..(Hay-rides, Carpet ball, Forks, knocks on doors, holes in the ground...and so on) that was just one of the many highlights we had this week..

I will post more next time about the "DJ2L" and "The RAVE" I mean Jam Session!!

Back

Well it has been a while since I've last blogg.. That being said.. I am not going to do any spell check right now.. So if you see some errors.. (Live with it!!) haha just kidding.. My computer at home is on the fritz.. So I couldn't blogg..

But the main reason is I have been busy.. We had VBS then I took a vacation week.. It was really relaxing and fun.. We took Brady and his buddy to Holiday World in Indiana that was pretty much fun.. Then we took Landon to see Thomas the Train Engine.. He got to ride on a train and everything... He loved it!!.. Plus we are building a bedroom for Brady down in the basement.. which is going pretty good.. considering I have never done anything like this before..

Well I will write more next time..

Remember.. Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!!

Arms Wide Open

What a busy week it has been. I haven’t been able to post much, because we were having Vacation Bible School this week. We have a couple of more days left till it is over. I am really enjoying this years VBS, all my workers and staff are doing an exceptional job!! So “Thanks People!!”

Arms Wide Open...
The other day I was going through some music videos getting ready for yet another “True Lies-The Dangers of Music Movies and TV” class. I came across this video I haven’t really seen in quite some time. The song is by a group that was around in the early part of 2000. They were known as CREED...
As I was watching the video to the song “Arms Wide Open” I started thinking about my own kids... (If you never heard the song, it is about a father talking to his unborn son)...Any way, there I am watching this video and all I can think about were my three boys. There is one part in the song that sort of sticks out it go like this.
“If I can have just one wish, maybe one request, I hope he (the son) is not like me,
I hope he understands, that you can take this world and hold it by both hands, and you can greet this world… with arms wide open”

I don’t know how I am doing as a father... I am still new to all of this, in less then 4 years I became a dad to a “pre-teen” a “toddler” and a “newborn” I just hope that they can understand why I do what I have to do and sometimes daddy maybe is too strict, and why I want them to “greet this world, with arms wide open”

Every Hero Has A Beginning

"Trust me, Clark. Our friendship is going to be the stuff of legend." - Lex Luthor

Cathy's Dream

Ha-ha check this out- We took the "Toddler Ministry" to a petting zoo today, but I will talk about that in my next post. But I have to share with you the conversation I had with my beautiful bride.
I get home around 5pm tonight from the zoo and picking up Brady from camp, and after I unloaded the van. I was in the kitchen and Cathy was telling me about her dream she had last night.
Everyone knows I am a huge Superman fan, which includes the CW’s and Warner Bros. smash hit Smallville.
Now Landon loves to call me “Superman”, and Kayla (Lois Lane) calls me Clark, ok I sort of make them call me that (ha ha ) anyway, Cathy said she dreamed I had the body of Smallville’s Clark Kent..!!
And she was like talking in her dream saying,”Come here and kiss me!!” (Ha-ha) I was cracking up... Anyway she is going to kill me for saying this... Got to love it!

Cry - Mandy Moore

Ha-ha... I found the video to my ring tone... This is from a great movie called Walk to Remember... Cathy loves the book and the movie.. So I made the ring tone for her..(yea ok you got me.. I like the song) :>)

John 15:13

John 15:13, this is it what I decided to title this, my latest blog entry. Why you ask? Well to fully understand, you have to be able to know what John 15:13 is... so I will give you all a few minutes to look it up……………………..
You see, I been having a bad week, not in the since of bad things all together, just a lot of stress, disappointments and sadness with things in my life. I been having some problems with the city of Cynthiana and its people and today I got some news (that I wont go into detail about-don’t worry the family is fine, I am fine) that sort of “peeved” me off. I was so mad and upset I didn’t know what to do.
So I called my friend Mark, you know, he came right over and sat down and talked with me and was a real friend.
He even came back later on tonight to make sure I was ok...

At first I felt embarrassed to have to call someone. But then I remember how Mark and I hung out and talked before..

I am feeling so much better now; the problem is resolved with the certain situation. But I guess I just wanted to publicly thank my friend Mark...

Thanks Mark for being there... You lived out John 15:13 for me today...



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Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy

My favorite song!!

Redneck Church

1. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members know how to play one.

2. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... people ask when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em.

3. You Know you’re in a Redneck Church if... when the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering," five guys and two women stand up.

4. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday.

5. You Know you’re in a Redneck Church if... a member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of" (Love it!)

6. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the choir is known as the "OK Chorale".

7. You Know you’re in a Redneck Church if... in a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names in the church directory.

8. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... people think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too heavy.

9. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the baptismal pool is a #2 galvanized "Wheeling" washtub.

10. You Know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the choir robes were donated by (and embroidered with the logo from) Billy Bob's Barbecue.

11. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the collection plates are really hubcaps from a 56 Chevy.

12. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... instead of a bell; you are called to service by a duck call.

13. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the minister and his wife drive matching pickup trucks.

14. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the communion wine is Boone's Farm "Tickled Pink".

15. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... "Thou shall not covet" applies to huntin' dogs, too.

16. You know you’re in a Redneck Church if... the final words of the benediction are, "Y'all come back now, Ya heah".

Monkey See and Monkey Do

Being that Father’s Day is coming upon us, I thought I would write some of my own father’s favorite quotes or ideas on life.. So, here we go..

“You’re known by the company you keep.”
“Where’s your mother?”
“Drop kick me Jesus, through the goal post of life” (song)
“Ask your mother”
“It don’t matter if the light switches are upside down, as long as they work”
“Where’s your mother?”
“How did the dog get my teeth?”
“Have you seen a small cow”?
“They’re all roosters!”
“Where’s your mother?”
“What is wrong with latches on the “outside” of the cabinets, they work.”
“Who put that “*@^&# foot stool right there”
“Where’s your mother”
“Help, I’ve falling through the attic, and through the hallway ceiling.”
“Let’s go, I’ve sharpen my chain saw.” ( I hated cutting wood)

Happy Father’s day to my Dad!! I love you