Monthly Archives: July 2017

TUMP

“Tump” is not a real word.  We say it all the time, but it isn’t legitimate.  If you look it up in the regular dictionary, it won’t be there.  Old dictionaries may have it, but they define it as a “little hill.”  That’s not the “tump” I’m referring to.  I’m speaking about when you “tump” something over; a wheelbarrow can tump over; a garbage pail can tump over; and even a car can tump over.

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BILL SKINNER AND ROSA PARKS

My father-in-law is quite a man.  William Skinner will turn 95 in November, having served over 35 years as a medical missionary in Paraguay, and now retired for nearly thirty years.  In addition, he and Fran will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in August.

Long before Rosa Parks bravely refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Bill Skinner showed the way. Continue reading BILL SKINNER AND ROSA PARKS

JACK AND BETTIE

My excellent friend and next-door neighbor, Bill Woodard, allowed me to share his amazing story of two members of his Methodist Church Sunday School class. Bill penned a very  intimate, detailed account to honor them.  It was so incredible, I had to share it with my readers in an edited, scaled down form. I hope it blesses you the way it did me.

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