My children constantly surprise me. Last month when we were visiting Walt Disney World we splurged and let them play in the carnival arcade at Animal Kingdom where there is Whack-A-Mole, a Ring Toss, and a bunch of other games you pay a buck to play for your chance to win a stuffed animal. Cozette, our youngest at 10, took one of her allotted three passes and headed for the game where you squirt a watergun at a hole and…
Dizzying. Mysterious. Erotic. Melancholy. Uncontrollable. Raging. Romantic love is the most powerful force on earth. http://youtu.be/UAOxCqSxRD0 *** Jim Mitchem
I once loved this country. Even signed up to put my life on the line for it. Of course I really had no choice, since college was too expensive for my family. And while I happened to serve during peacetime, there I was – an airman full of pride serving his country honorably. I believed in our diversity as our common strength. I bled red, white, and blue. As I grew older I saw how things really worked in America…
After school we laughed for a bit, and then she retreated to her bedroom where she would spend the next hour or so studying math, Spanish, and social studies. A smile curled at the edges of her mouth, though her eyes were contradictory. The door closed – and I drifted away to the previous summer when we were all together in a foreign land surrounded by lush jungles and waterways teeming with wildlife. We were on vacation – carefree and…
When you stop and think about it, a car is like a land plane. And when you drive, you’re the pilot of that plane. One mistake, and you can take out life. When I was young and stupid, I actually had a DUI. Thank God I was pulled over or else I may have done some serious damage – both to me and, more importantly, to others. I’ve since cleaned up my act and even though I’m not perfect, I…
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Rather, if during the course of my life something appears that I feel like I need to focus on, I focus on it. Serendipity and opportunity doesn’t tell time. When you keep your eyes, your mind, and your heart open, you’ve got to be ready and willing to do new and different things all year long. *** Jim Mitchem
