The Empty House
The living room of my childhood home in New Albany, Indiana. 1725 Grantline Road. I always wanted to slide down the stairs but the post at the bottom would surely […]
Category Archives: Childhood Memories
Courage
I loved my adoptive mother but I didn’t always agree with her. I’m glad she taught me to stand up to bullies and defend myself. But I remember her instructing […]
Concrete Gray Steps
This is my childhood home in New Albany, Indiana. In the summertime the hot sun would blaze behind the house where I would sit on concrete steps and squint into […]
Henrietta Lukemeyer
Henrietta Lukemeyer was an elderly lady who lived down the hill from my childhood home in Indiana. She rarely stopped by to say hello to my mom, but when she […]
Never Be Afraid of a Bully
When I was a child, my adoptive father would always joke with me, telling me that he and my adoptive mom picked me out from a room of babies. “I […]
We must not Stand Silently
Sometimes a seemingly insignificant event in one’s life may later turn out to change that person forever. That person was me. When I was a teenager I took my girlfriend […]
Blinded by our Light
At an early age, my adoptive mother taught me to be compassionate, kind, and to respect every human being. She instructed me to be slow to anger, to laugh at […]
Belching at Grace Lutheran
I accidentally projected a tremendous belch at the lunch table at Grace Lutheran Elementary in New Albany. Mrs. Moore demanded to know from where the origin of the discharge came. […]
Things My Mom Taught Me
1. Things always get worse before they get better. 2. It always takes more time getting there than coming back home. 3. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. […]
Shelly Perkins
At times I believed I was the only boy living on Grantline Road, for my neighborhood roamed with females. Older girls with larger physiques eventually subdued me during any test […]
Open your Eyes and Dream!
I was seven when I had my first lucid dream. Of course I didn’t know the official name, but I did sense “I know I am dreaming.” I was at […]
Dreams of Stardom
“Hello Matt! It is great to find you on Facebook,” I typed on my tablet. It was so nice to catch up with Matt. He had a great sense of […]
The Grocery Store
The old woman bumped her shopping cart head-on into moms. “Goodness, M.. I’m sorry,” the old woman grumbled. “Oh, that’s okay,” mom said apologetically with a big smile.” I guess […]
Winds of Change
It was a plausible answer. The Great Ice Age swept over the earth and froze all the dinosaurs. I had no reason to doubt Mrs. Moore, my fourth grade teacher […]
I’m Gonna Shoot Ya, Dad
“I’m gonna shoot ya, dad,” Trever said with a grin as Dad was relaxing in his favorite chair. “Trevor, put that darn thing down. You could put my eye out.” […]
