When Lauren and I were engaged, we bought a Dodge Neon. The car was a funky shade of purple but the dealer key labeled it blue, so we called it Blue Thunder. It had a number of unique, uh, features, the best one being a trunk with a poor weather seal. When it rained, waterContinue reading “Rising Again from the Swamp”
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Brayden Got Home and Thanos Snapped His Fingers
We all love those clips of soldiers and sailors coming home, greeting or surprising their loved ones, hugging everyone and laughing and so forth. Ever wonder what’s on the other side of those? Like, what does the next day look like? Why, balance in the universe, of course, which as we know from holy writ,Continue reading “Brayden Got Home and Thanos Snapped His Fingers”
The Death Trap
It is late August in Texas, and they have been in two-a-days for a week. It’s Saturday night, so there will be no practice Sunday. Ted wants to hang out and later watch the preseason football game that is on that night. First, Ted agrees to join the young man at a church dance. They’reContinue reading “The Death Trap”
His Smile Lit Up a Room and Other Things to Say at My Funeral 