The alarm hadn’t gone off yet this morning when my husband came in, nudging me awake, and saying “hey, I need to tell you something.”
I don’t know about your life experiences, but in mine, “Hey, I need to tell you something,” is never followed by unequivocally good news. (more…)
Gordon Hartman first made his name building homes for thousands of families in South Texas. But it’s the park he built for his daughter that is a tribute to his determination, and ability to dream big.
Today, this is what I will remember.
Picking you up at school, lip split, braces skewed.
Despite it all, you are chatting up the nurses in the clinic, regaling them with the same tale you’ll re-tell on the way to your long-suffering orthodontist.
Basketball hard to the face in PE class. Blood, tears, a nurse’s office slip prepared.
But you wouldn’t go. Not until you shot your free throws. (more…)
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