Category: courage

I’m good!

Often, I wonder why people underestimate me.  Once, at the annual meeting of a denomination, I presented a report about our church.   One of the larger church pastors was truly amazed that I could speak well in public.  He actually said, “Wow Karl, you speak pretty well.  You used humor and had an organized talk…” …

The Next Courageous Step

All the women in my house suddenly gathered around our grandson, Jackson. We were celebrating Christmas a couple of days late and were opening gifts. My mother-in-law was holding this child that was born eight weeks premature. Because of this and some other complications, his parents keep a close eye on developmental milestones. One of…

Swimming Upstream

I have a love/hate relationship with Walmart.  I love the fact that I can buy almost everything at a reasonable price.  Their mission is, “Saving people money so they can live better.”  That might be a stretch, but they certainly have most everything I need at the very good prices.  I can buy things in…