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As I was saying, there was no toilet. Mom needed a particular item from the camper during a morning service at the Youth Camp. She didn’t want to haul two boys out of the service and haul them back. My brother was around three-years-old, so she recruited me to get the item. “Caleb, go getContinue reading “The Watering”

Once upon a time, my parents purchased a Hi-Lo camper. Just inside the door on the left near the floor was a switch that raised and lowered the top half of it. Think of a tin can with wheels and a hitch on the front. I don’t know the year of the camper, but itContinue reading “The Remodel”

There’s a lady couponing at the local grocery store so that the money goes further this month. She has carefully calculated the correct portion of meat she needs for the upcoming week. She needs enough beef for the stew and then for a night of pan-seared burgers. She needs a pork roast for Sunday dinner.Continue reading “The Shopper”

I’ve been reading books. I am well on my way to conquering my pursuit to reach my quota this year. I don’t have a set number yet. My quota will be however many books I will read by midnight, December 31, 2023. And I will be pleasantly surprised once I count them all, at whichContinue reading “The Now”

What if she hadn’t baked a pie and given it to her neighbor? Years ago, a lady was in a church service, and she felt the Lord speak to her to give her neighbor a chocolate pie and write a note telling her that she loved her. This neighbor was the scourge of the neighborhood.Continue reading “The Neighbor”