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I Sit Alone
I Sit Alone This morning as I sit alone having my morning’s share of coffee lightened by a couple of teaspoons of milk, a memory floored over me that I couldn’t help but be drawn into. In the poverty-stricken camps of the little community where I grew up, we weren’t as accustomed to soda pop or carbonated beverages as children seem to be today. Buying Coca-Cola in small glass bottles at the local community store was something that we did only when we found a dime or were given one by our dad. After securing the few coins in our pockets and filled with anticipation and a flutter of excitement, we prepared to make the journey across the valley to the store built right beside the two-lane road, a make-shift one-room catch-all. I and my brothers, David and Billy Joe, felt as though we held a fortune in our hands as we looked down at the clutch of coins we had been given. A few nickels and, of course, pennies held the possibility of buying one of those bottled drinks stored in the red cooler that had the bottle opener on the front. The cooler wasn’t an upright one as we know them today, but a chest type with a heavy lid. It took two of us to open the top of the cooler and retrieve one of those glass bottles. Having been given our instructions, we three boys who lived on the only hill in the area, walked out of the house, down the steps out of the yard, down the dirt road, and the long pasture leading to the bottom of the mountain near the railroad tracks. For us, the trek was arduous, but once having made it to the bottom of the hill, there was no turning back.
By Dan R Fowler3 years ago in Families
Always Give The Right Gift With Personalized Gift Cards
Gift giving is one of the greatest pleasures in life, but it has its difficult moments. What to give the man who has everything? What to give to a 15 year old girl? How to judge another person's taste when selecting a housewarming present? It's a pity to waste time and money on a gift that is not wanted. Personalized gift cards not only answer these questions but do so with flair.
By Md Anisul Karim3 years ago in Families
Stainless Steel Door Numbers.
If you want to use Stainless Steel door numbers for your entrance doors or house number plates, you can consider a stainless steel door number plate. Unlike traditional signs, most house number plates are installed on the entrance doors or facades of buildings. Stainless steel is a good choice for this because it can be used outside.
By Savannah John3 years ago in Families
The Problem with Manners
I grew up in a household where manners were weaponized as tools of control. If you have spent much time with any children, you will know that for most, proper etiquette does not come naturally. Children are curious and excitable creatures, with bounds of energy I remain jealous of it as an adult. It's normal for kids to accidently get loud about something that strikes fascination. It's normal for them to rush through questions about things without much thought to how they are asking them. It's normal for them to get distracted or simply forget the rules of etiquette. And, the curiosity and energy that spawns this in them is not a bad thing.
By Laura Lann3 years ago in Families
Some say I look like Mike Tomlin
I cannot believe how many times I was mistaken for the Steelers Head Football Coach, Mike Tomlin. My sister Connie would beg to differ, but I tell you that when I use to dye my beard and have on my classic Pittsburgh Steelers hat, people use to stop me at least five times a week. I once made a bet with an old friend that I at least five people will stop me during a weekend in Pittsburgh for a game we planned to attend and every time some one stopped me, she would have to pay me two dollars for each person. Well, we never made it to Pittsburgh and I wanted to test my looks to see if I could actually pull it off. In my early years, I was often mistaken for Omar Epps, to when I walked in a store at the Phipps Plaza Mall back in my Atlanta days, a woman start screaming when she saw me (no cap). I will tell you the few times that it happened, and I had fun each time it occurred.
By Jay LeTron Dobbins3 years ago in Families
