Being an involved father has obvious benefits to children. We’ve read newspapers or seen TV programs that talk about the many benefits involved fathers are in raising a child. Involved fathers provide love, support, and comfort. Fathers usually serve as role models in their children’s lives as well affecting how well they relate to peers [...]
Yesterday, May17th – my birthday, I discovered a lump on my back just below my shoulder blade. It is almost as if a small breast implant was placed inside my skin. Soft, flexible, round, and not painful. It’s about 3 inches around and about 1/2 and inch thick in the center, tapering down to the [...]
This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood , TX. The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds [...]
The letter below was forwarded to me from my sister. The author works with her husband, my Brother-in-Law. I don’t know Mark, but he’s the kind of guy I’d like to know. Rather then sit around complaining and worrying after being diagnosed with cancer, he’s taking care of business and trying to do some good. [...]
Tonight we confirmed our fear that we had a black bear ransacking our trash cans, bird feeder, and gorging on the dried cat food we feed to our pond fish. About 15 minutes before total darkness my wife spotted the bear sitting down in the corner of our field watching over our house apparently waiting [...]

