CoffeeTime
CoffeeTime: “Just put it on my tab”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Two elderly sisters, one widowed and the other never married, were living together. They had decided the year before that because the oldest owned her house, the younger should leave a rented apartment and move into her sister’s second bedroom. After the initial “Move over, I’m needing more drawer and closet…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Green Bean Cans and Eternity”
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When you draw your last halting shallow breath on this earth, from that point on, you are winging it on your own, with no one to run interference for …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “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…
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