Since 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 added this category in honor of all parents who read to their children.
You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick. You find humor in other people’s stupidity. You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work from 8:00 to 3:20 and have summers free.” You believe chocolate is a food group. You can tell if it’s...
One good measure of a nation’s spirit – and its citizen’s sense of responsibility – is how many times you hear the phrase “it wasn’t my fault” or “someone else must pay.” This old Arab tale makes great reading for our times. One morning a well-known thief with a splint on his leg hobbled...
When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned...
Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up...
Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes as she pushed against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had been easy, like a spring breeze. Then in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her ease. During this Thanksgiving week she would have...
“Now it doesn’t require expropriation or confiscation of private property or business to impose socialism on a people. What does it mean whether you hold the deed or the title to your business or property if the government holds the power of life and death over that business or property? And such machinery already...
In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no Holiday to celebrate. The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the...
Air Force General: Mr. President, we’ve just invented an invisible cloak for Air Force 1. Obama: No Way? General: That’s right sir, the plane will be invisible. Will you be going along on its maiden flight? Obama: Wouldn’t miss it for the world! General: Have a Good trip, sir.
Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband’s employer’s home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the water-way, and cars costing more than her house. The first day and evening went...
It was fifty years ago, on a hot summer day, in the deep south. We lived on a dirt road, on a sand lot. We were, what was known as “dirt poor”. I had been playing outside all morning in the sand. Suddenly, I heard a sharp clanking sound behind me and looking over...
"remember, always, to entertain strangers, for by doing so, you may entertain angels, without knowing."
There were four country churches in a small TEXAS town: The Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church. Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels . One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined...
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one...
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