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CoffeeTime: “Basketball Referees and God”
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While watching our teen-aged son play four years of high school basketball games years ago, we both noticed an absolute truth;
Our son could …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: The Recipient of the Flying Shoe
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You are a caregiver. That very much over-stressed, over-worked and under-appreciated person who along with probably many others, holds the …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Hobbled Milk Cows and Tethered Horses”
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Recently sidelined, I know how a hobbled old milk cow looks at life, or what a horse tethered to the fence feels. Imprisoned, caged, confined. …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Headlights That Bend”
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Sarah and Travis were trying to make it to his mom’s house that night before the storm hit. They had driven nonstop from Denver, except for …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “We are not unisex, people!”
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Have you ever walked down the sidewalk, determined to be friendly and cheerful that particular day, and looked up to see someone coming toward …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Tearing Down Your Own House”
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Oh, shoot. Why am I writing about this question? Do I have a hidden ‘Go ahead and kill me now, and get it over with’ complex in me …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Bunch of Baby Grownups”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Years ago, a young couple left their almost-two-year-old son with his favorite baby sitter, Miss Elva. A few days later, she laughingly told them that he had come to her that evening, dragging his diaper bag behind him. Paul was a unique little boy who disliked speaking. He simply refused to…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “From Oops to Wow!!!”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Recently a man we know died in his nineties, after serving in the military until he retired and then had a long career as a police officer until retirement again. Jimmy covered his beat not in a patrol car or on foot, but on the back of a horse. At one…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “The Middle of the Wishbone”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com To paraphrase a comedian from years ago, “D’ya know what makes me sick?” No? Well, I can gladly tell you. And there will be no referring to the cost of eating, or heating the house, or driving across the street nowadays. Although I certainly could. The topic eating my lunch…
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