Shared By Carla Here is today’s Monday Pick Me Up As always please join in the conversation by posting your comments. ***************************************************** Tim Wrightman, a former All-American UCLA football player, tells a story about how, as a rookie lineman in the National Football League, he was up against the legendary pass rusher Lawrence Taylor. Taylor …
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Monday Pick Me Up – TIME WILL PASS REGARDLESS!
Here is today’s Monday Pick Me Up An excellent story by Augie Mendoza. Shared By Carla As always please join in the conversation by posting your comments. ************************************************************** I Graduated from Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas in May 1972. Not dressed in white (honors), but I graduated. That summer like the previous summer, I …
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Monday Pick Me Up – Learn to Fly
In mythology, the Phoenix is a sacred bird with beautiful red and golden feathers. This bird, at the end of its life, will build a nest of twigs, lay on the nest then ignite. The bird and the nest destroyed in a fierce fire. Get out a hankie! I found this great story about coming …
Monday Pick Me Up – Growing Good Corn
Here is today’s Monday Pick Me Up As always please join in the conversation by posting your comments. ********************************* There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting …
Monday Pick Me Up – Wooden Bowls
A frail old man lived with his son, his daughter-in-law, and his four-year-old grandson. His eyes were blurry, his hands trembled, and his step faltered. The family would eat together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon, drooping to …