Category: Family
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Today America Rallies for Israel
Since the awful day of October 7th the news and social media has covered nonstop hate. You would think like after what happened at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania that it would be hate for the acts of terror perpetuated on that day. The hate has been for the actual…
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The Day After Veterans Day
Veterans Day may be over, but our servicemen and women live with the memories and the pain every day. The cards I received from Uncle Tom all those years ago brought back my own memories. The men I have had the honor to interview their stories are in my head the context in which our…
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Uncle Tom in Germany
“As soon as I got to the states they said everybody’s orders have been flagged. So you go home and about 2 weeks later almost time up for my leave time and I had received a package with my new orders. They sent me to Fort Riley Kansas which was still close to home and…
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Thoughts On Uncle Tom’s Interview
When I sat down on the swing that day I was unsure how long I could take this interview. I was still new at this and each man was different. I think he asked me how we should start and I said simply start with your name and when you started your service. Literally that…
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A Girl’s Default Dreams
Most little girls have dreams of their future wedding. We all do! The dreams change throughout the years depending on various events and just what life brings to our lives. Yet we still have our ideas that we saw growing up in other family and friends weddings over the years. Some ideas can be changed,…
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The Army & Uncle Tom
Back at Fort Bliss, Texas the story continues… “for a red eye missile training, which is sort like aircraft locker downer or whatever you call it. It was a rocket, but it shot down airplanes. It was a heat signal device. I trained my pilots. I trained the leader for that and uh… on graduation…
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College Memories
I began college at Oakland City University in the Spring Semester. Which means I started in the middle of winter. My first big winter weather storm didn’t take long to happen. In fact I was afraid I wouldn’t get home that week at all. We had a lot of snowfall down south. During this week…
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The Madison Journal
Tuesday Morning is still unaccounted for in my published journal articles. An avalanche of colds took over and I lost my train of thought for a couple of weeks. Due to some road work GPS took us on some less direct roads taking us to Bedford, Indiana. My Aunt has lived there for quite a…
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Islamo… What? Wrong Word It’s Antisemitism
Thank goodness for Veterans and Americans standing up for our morals in this country. Although some crazy people are taking down posters meant to be a reminder to not forget that these beautiful children were stolen from their Jewish parents. Hallelujah… there are some sane Americans left in New York City. Several people including some…
Jewells of Thought 