The Christmas Details

Son # 1 and I were recently discussing the details of putting up Christmas lights around our house this year. I remember my Grandpa Driscoll would put up lights all around his house when I was a child. He would put lights all around the house, and then he expanded it to the front porch.Continue reading “The Christmas Details”

The Vow

Do you know how many days there are in 68 years? 24,820. Hours? 595,680. Minutes? 35,740,800 Seconds? My calculator just melted. I contend that marriage is sacred. Not many think so nowadays. In addition to divorce, adultery is rampant and affects many people in the present day, as it has throughout history. Three words ofContinue reading “The Vow”

The Ropes

The other day, I saw Son #1 swinging around a rope. It was a rope I had never seen anywhere around our house before. It was so long. It stretched halfway across our living room. My first thought was, “Charity must have bought Son #1 a lasso.” I rolled my eyes. That’s the last thingContinue reading “The Ropes”

Making the Bed

I wouldn’t consider myself a failure, but I do fail. I think the key is always to get back up and keep moving forward. Take the other day, for example. My wife had washed the bed sheets, and they were in the dryer. I wanted to do something to help her out because of allContinue reading “Making the Bed”

The Reading and Writing

The only problem with writing a post every day is sometimes it gets late in the day, and the story I have written gets accidentally deleted, which has happened more times than I care to admit. Sometimes, I don’t know if I’ll have the time to finish it before the clock strikes midnight. There wasContinue reading “The Reading and Writing”