Bedtime Stories

frankincastSince 1993, I have had the opportunity to bring to our radio audience short stories that inspire, inflame, provide moral education, teach self discipline, honesty, loyalty, faith, and some are just downright funny. I have attempted many times to chronologically layout these stories in a fashion that would be easy to sort through, maybe even publish. Instead I decided to bring these stories to you through the magic of the Web. All of these stories except for a few (very few) were sent to me by others who wished to provide the same guidance that we as youngsters were provided by our parents. I have designed this page in honor of all parents who read to their children.

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Achieving perfection

A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee..

A GLASS OF MILK

A Different Kind of Drug Problem

Age

A Husband Wal-Mart Shopping Center

AIRLINE ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Living Bible

Amazing Planet

An Angel

Angels

Anniversary Gift, TheA New Perspective

 A Penny

April Fool

Are We Communicating? - Humor

Army Letter

Arthritis - Humor

A Prayer For Angels

ACTUAL PHRASES FOUND ON RESUMES - Humor

A soldier’s Story….

Aunt Emma

A Well Planned Life 

Bargain

BEANIE BABIES PROJECT

Being A Southerner

Being A Parent

Beetle Baily

Bible in 50 Words

Bill Dance Bloopers

Billy Graham’s Daughter

Billy’s mission

Blessing of Thorns

Call Now

Cheerios

CHICKEN

Chicken Little Stories    Political

Church Feuds

Clock of Life

Common Sense

Cowboy Boots   Humor

Daddy’s Trick  - Humor

“Dear God, Why didn’t you save the little girl killed in her classroom?”

Devilish Perspective

Did I Say That? - Humor

Did You Teach? Humor

Dirty

DISORDER IN COURT

Dog for Sale

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night

Don’t Mess with Old Ladies

Do Something Good

Do You Speak  - Humor

DRIVING RULES

Drop a Pebble in the water   - Inspirational 

DR. SEUSS EXPLAINS WHY COMPUTERS SOMETIMES CRASH  - Humor

Eat Mo Chicken

El or La Computer?

Everyday be thankful

FAITH
Fair Fight
Family
FBI Dog - Humor
Fiftieth Birthday
Final Touch Finishing School

Five Great Lessons

Five Simple Rules

Folded Napkin

For All Those That Reed and Rite

Frog Sound

FROM THE MOUTH OF BABES

Follow the Directions

Food For Thought

Forever Young

Footprints

Funeral Sermon 

 

Geese and the Snowstorm  Inspirational

Gender Slam

Getting Old - Humor

Girl on the Beach

God is Left Handed

God Said No

God was Looking Down on Earth

Golf

Good Reason

Happiness

Harmless Green Snake

Heroes

His Name was Bill

How Old is Grandma?

HOLIDAY TRAVEL REQUEST

HOW TO BE HAPPY

How to be Successful

How to Count

How to Explain GOD

How to tell the Sex of a Fly  Humor

Hydro Plane

I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed

I’m Broke

If only we could all make this kind of a difference….

I shall eat dessert every single day

INNER PEACE

INNER STRENGTH

I Sent My Son To Israel

Is There A Doctor In the House?

I Wish You Enough

Jesus Loves Me

Jimmy

Judge Me By The Footsteps

Just Desserts

Just Like Mother

Just some Food for Thought

JUST THINKING

Katherine

Kids Say

Killer Biscuits Wanted For Murder

Kittens (political)

Know your State Motto

Last Request

Lessons from a Serial Killer

Lest We Forget

Letters from a Broken Heart Part 1

Letters from a Broken Heart Part 2

Life then Health

Listen

Listen to God

Loan Approval

Long Hair and Bible Lesson

Made In

Marbles

Marching to Victory

MAYBE WE JUST NEED WASHING

MEAN MOMS (AND DADS TOO)

Michael

Mice in Church

Military Wisdom

Moses

Moms

Mothers

My Job History

My Kind of Doctor

My Wish for You

NAIL IN THE FENCE

Night Watchman, The

NO MEETING TONIGHT

Notice to Northerners moving South

Not for Cotton

Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed - Humor

Now he is a common common man

Now that I’m older

Old Phone, The 

One Nation Under God

One Thousand Marbles - Inspirational

Office Happenings

Only in America

Our Country is in Morning

Overworked - Humor

PANCAKES

Parking the Car

Paul Harvey Writes

PAYING TAX WITH A SMILE

Perception

Pet Rules

PETTY ARGUMENT

Pray and Aim High

Precious Words

Proverbs

Psalms 23

PUNISHMENT

Quotes

RANDOM THOUGHTS

REAL LOVE - WHAT IT IS

REASON, A SEASON

Religions

Remember

Reminders

REASONABLE DOUBT         Comman Sense

Road less Traveled          Inspirational 

Road of Life, The

Rose                          Inspirational

Rudy

Santa Claus: The True Story

Satan At The Door

Save the Clock    - Humor

School absence

Secret Service

Secret to Success

Senior Citizens

Shortened 23rd Psalm

Sixty One Years Later

 7 Reasons not to mess with a Child

710 Cap

Snack Time

SQUIRRELS

Something to Think About

Stand Up

Strange Laws

Stella Awards

Sick

Six Again

Some Retire Deputy Sheriffs    Humor

Some Texas Humor

So You Think You Know Everything

Talking Dog

TAPS

Tax Cuts Explained

Teacher’s Proverbs

Television Commercials

TIE

THOSE CRAZY WOMEN DRIVERS

Time

TRICK OR TREAT!

The Blessings of Life by Dianne Odell

The Best Way To Get Even

The Brick Layer

The Cab Ride

The Catholic Dog

The Christmas Tree

The Donation

THE DUCK”  (Don’t be a Slave)

The Final Inspection

THE Flag (Senator John McCain)

The Farmer’s Watermellon

The Getaway

The Good Old Days

The Liberal

The Life and Times of Albert Arnold Gore Jr.

The Littlest Firefighter

The Lost Chapter of Genesis

The Meanest Mom

The Most

THE OLD FISHERMAN

The Penny

THE PURPOSE OF THE DALMATION

The Sawmill

The Rabbit

The real art of conversation

THE SENILITY PRAYER:

THE SHEPARD

The Sign

The Son

The Strawberry

THE THANKLESS GENERATION

The Three Legged Chicken

The Three Trees

The Ticket

The Trial

The TRUTH ABOUT ANTLERS

The Bank

The Quiet Sermon

THINGS I’VE LEARNED IN TEXAS

Things Your Mother Wouldn’t Say

Things that Hallmark Cards Don’t Say

Thinking About Thinking

Three Smart Parrots

Those were the Days

Thoughts for the Day

Today’s Woman

To Be Italian

To My Friends

TO REALIZE

Travel Agency’s Tale Tales  Humor

TRUE LOVE

‘Twas  A  Week  Past Election

Twas the Race Before Christmas

TWENTY DOLLAR BILL

Twenty Ways To Frustrate a Telemarketer

Two Brothers

Two Pots

Two Hunters

Unskilled Labor

Vacations

Vacation and fishing

Voters Insurance

WE COULD LEARN A LOT

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW

We walk along, wondering when blood will flow

What a Day

What Bradley Owed

What Cancer Cannot Do

What’s in a Name

WHAT’S IN YOUR SPONGE?

What goes around

What was Plan B?

Way children see things

When All

When I’m an old lady……………..

Who is he going to tell

WHO SAYS DOGS ARE DUMB?

Why Rednecks Can’t Be Paramedics!

WOMEN’S VOCABULARY

Word Meanings

Wooden Bowl

YES, I’M A SENIOR CITIZEN

Your Cross

You know you’re a Teacher

You know you’re from Tennessee if…

Young Piano Player

Your Influence

You took my Place

Welcome

 

 

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