Stories of Hope

Christmas Traditions    What are some of your favorite family Christmas Traditions? Is it decorating the tree? Is it taking everyone out to dinner? Is it driving around to see the Christmas lights? One of my favorite family traditions was taking everyone to Mountain River Ranch for their Christmas show. Because of the Covid Apocalypse…

Adopt-A-Family Shopping 2020    Friday was one of my favorite days of the year. It was the annual Adopt-A-Family for Christmas shopping day for the Foundation. This tradition started four years ago it has been one of the days I look forward to all year.    I would like to thank Danielle, Chelle, and Rick…

Recognized Blessings    Forty years ago today, Shannon and I went on our first date. As I look back on my life, I realize everything happens for a reason, and you meet the people you are supposed to meet when you are supposed to meet them. I am so grateful for the time we had…

Black Friday 2020  Every year, Black Friday was a big day for in-store shopping and profits for retail stores. Until this year, it was the day large crowds of people would line up for hours for stores to open so they could take advantage of great sale prices. But this is 2020, so I was…

Happy Thanksgiving 2020    With everything going on with the Presidential Election and the Covid Apocalypse, I believe the fact I am still here to post these stories and you are still here to read them is enough to be thankful for this year. Thanks for reading.    Come on, you really didn’t think you…

Moving Forward Okay, if you are reading this it means we survived a Friday the Thirteenth in 2020. That is about the scariest thing I can think of. It ranks right up there with me checking into a City League basketball game with all five of my fouls left. This week’s story is going to…

October Fundraiser Update Okay, before we start, another excerpt from the “You can’t make this stuff up department.” I was in the checkout line at the Dollar Store behind a lady that decided to pay for her $10 worth of items with change from her purse. She would put all the quarters back in her…

Happy Halloween 2020 Okay boys and girls, it’s Halloween joke time! How did they know Dracula had Covid? Because of his “Coffin” What do you call a hot dog on October 31st?  “A Halloweenie” Did you know Charlie Brown went on a date with Bonnie Raitt? He heard she wanted “Pumpkin to talk about.” Okay,…

Allie Dalessi Heaven received another very special angel this week. My good friends Michael and Liz Dalessi lost their sweet daughter Allie in an automobile accident. Allie was only 24 years old and will be missed by so many.  I first met Allie when I  drove the family to an event at the Colonial Theatre.…