Here’s a pic of my and my brother diving in Cozumel. I’m the one waving at the camera. It’s been quite a while for me, but one of my favorite things to do is scuba dive. Quite a few years ago I went on a …
Read MoreUnder the Overpass
Miranda and I read this book – well, Miranda read it out loud as I drove to Ft. Worth this past weekend. It was a great way to pass the time and was a really good story. Mike Yankoski was regular middle-class college student. He …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Swan
One of the classic questions used by youth ministers in “get to know you”-type games is this: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why? My standard answer to that question comes from an experience I had in a park one …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Dancing & Dogs
Here’s one about my beautiful bride. When Miranda and I first started dating, she bought me a dog. I named him Peanut. At that time Miranda was living with some friends of ours. When I would go visit her, I would bring Peanut and we’d …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Sword Fighting
I’ve told you guys quite a bit about my nephew Tyler. Here’s a story about his younger brother, Tucker. Tucker and Tyler were really into the “Lord of the Rings” movies, so we played swords a lot during those days. (I couldn’t find a pic …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Pretending to Sleep
My nephew Tyler was a little shy about his relationship with me and so he did something interesting one night. We were riding in the back of the car from an evening out to dinner or something and he pretended to be asleep. You see, …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – The Beach
When I was really little (like 4 or 5 years old) my parents took my brother and I on a vacation to Galveston. We lived in Oklahoma at the time so it was the first time I had ever seen the beach. I don’t remember …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Tyler’s Sleep
OK – Here’s the second story in my series of “Stories I Need to Tell.” I am happily married and hope to one day have children of my own, but for right now the closest thing to that for me is my nephews. I have …
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