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Five minutes earlier the police officer I was riding with had gotten a domestic disturbance call. He pulled his car in front of the house. Another officer arrived moments later. They knocked on the door. I was standing behind them. (For almost five years, I rode with area police officers one night each week. Generally,… Continue reading You Never Know What Someone’s Been Through

The following post is the continuation in a series by Charlie Coil. You can read part 1 here, part two here, and part three here. Part IV: We Are Really Perplexed “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”[i]Ever… Continue reading On Resilience 4 (Guest Writer-Charlie Coil)

The following post was written by Charlie Coil on the important subject of “resilience.” You can find part one here, and part two here. Part III: We Are Perplexed Four-year old Tyler looked up at his daddy and asked him, “Daddy, how did you get to be so big? I wanna be big just like… Continue reading On Resilience 3 (Guest writer Charlie Coil)

The following is part two in a series by guest writer, Charlie Coil of Bentonville, Ark. The entire post entitled “Resilience.” This is a well written and well thought-out post. (You can read part 1 here) Part II: Pressed on Every Side by Troubles Everybody sing along: “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, Nobody knows… Continue reading On Resilience 2 (Guest writer-Charlie Coil)

It was a Saturday. We were traveling south on I-35, toward Austin, and decided to stop at Salado. While there, we went into Brookshire’s grocery store. Jamie was with us that day. As she walked through the store, she passed by an older gentleman holding a cake he had purchased from the store bakery. On… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me