INDEPENDENCE It all started in the year, seventeen sixty-four Men decided freedom, they needed more.. Men held a secret meeting in sixty-five To start a great nation, that’s still alive.  Taxes were levied, making colonists strive Beginning in the year, seventeen sixty-five. More taxes were coming in the future years Bringing most settlers, to shed […]

HARD TIMES Saddle up, buckle in, and get ready for the ride of your life. My parents repeatedly told stories of the hard times experienced by almost everyone during the “great depression.”  Living conditions forced habits to be formed concerning frugality that lasted the rest of their lives.  My mother-in-law has trouble to this day […]

REALITY If an individual has the patience and will power to sit down and just watch what happens, sooner or later reality will slap them in the face. This has happened to me many times over my lifetime, however, today I awake with a very unpleasant reality screaming to be shared.  I will attempt to […]

FORTUNATE We in this country are most fortunate. Through good times and hard times we have had solid leadership that guided us over the road we needed to travel.  For the most part I believe these were God fearing men.  I also believe that same God helped these men make difficult choices.  Yes, we Americans, […]

UNITY I am most fortunate. I received an excellent education at public schools starting out in a three room school house.  Maybe my vast knowledge is due to being exposed to second and third grade studies while in first grade.  I received exposure to the legal justice system by watching trials take place on the […]

GREATNESS What makes our country great? Can any single act or deed make us great?  I find greatness defined as “distinguished or eminent.”  I can relate to that definition very easily. Our nation has been great since its very inception. This country began a journey down a road that had never been traveled before.  We […]

SILVER SPOON Many times, usually in jealousy or envy, I have heard, or even spoken the phrase “She/he was born with a silver spoon in their mouth.” Normally this statement was referring to a person that was felt to have been born into a more privileged life than the one speaking was experiencing.  I felt […]

       MEMORIAL  DAY MAY 30, 2016 For those who died, we take this day To bow our heads and humbly say, To you, we owe, our good way of life And you’re at peace, no more strife. We take one day, within this year For picnics, games, and lots of cheer. You nevermore will know […]