CoffeeTime
CoffeeTime: “Bad Times Buddy”
Jim sat down at his desk that morning only to be immediately summoned into his supervisor’s office. Where he was assured that while he had been doing good work, he was also told that due to the …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Loving someone no matter what”
“No Matter What” is the title of a popular song released in recent years. The lyrics talk about, “No matter whether we really try to please Him, or if we choose to throw a monstrous …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “From a worms’ eye view”
Wisdom from the lips of a wrinkled old worm.
“Okay, listen up, ‘cuz I’m gonna tell ya’ perzactly what The World is like.
Most of the time it looks real dark and …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Nobody wants to feel bad alone”
The six-year-old insisted he go with Mom to see Aunt Jeanie. Never having visited a rehab facility before, he was quite excited with the prospect of seeing ‘Aunt J’s new home.’ He …
Read MoreCoffee Time: Horse Blinders
The funeral for Evan’s brother-in-law had concluded two hours ago. And now a small group of grieving family and friends were gathered in Evan and Shaylie’s home to share memories, …
Read MoreCoffee Time: “WHEN ‘I’M SORRY’ JUST DOESN’T CUT IT”
You stepped out there and thoroughly blew it, and you knew it. All you could do was apologize. Knowing you were wrong you went ahead…you said “I’m sorry.” But the apology you have offered seems to fall way short of the mark. Somehow it just doesn’t have your intended effect– restoring the relationship that was…
Read MoreCoffee Time: Siblings- Friends, Enemies, or Strangers
You grew up together. Fought over who got to ride the newer bicycle and who would have the bigger bedroom. Laughed at the same old TV cartoons while inhaling your morning ration of Kellogg’s …
Read MoreCoffee Time: “Hidden in the Dark”
Of course you’ve been there many times before. A dead-dark night when you have no electricity for some reason, so you light a candle. And immediately that thing shines like a diamond that has a heavy spotlight six inches from it. No mistaking where it is. If you are carrying it, everyone around knows it’s…
Read MoreCoffee Time: “MY EYES! OH, MY EYES”
If you see it, you can never unsee it. You hear it, it’s in your memory bank forever. Unless it’s the phone number to the pediatrician when your kid is running a 102 temp at midnight. But …
Read MoreCoffee Time: “SCATTERGUN YOUR ANGER AND REGRET IT”
Oh yeah, Brenna was furious! No doubt about that. Absolutely amazing how the very air around her sizzled, and at the same time, made everyone nearby feel like they had just stepped into a sub-Arctic …
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